Drew ministry (Ontario)
Drew ministry | |
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14th ministry of Ontario | |
The Hon. George A. Drew | |
| Date formed | August 17, 1943 |
| Date dissolved | October 19, 1948 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch |
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| Lieutenant Governor |
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| Premier | George A. Drew |
| Member party | PC Party |
| Status in legislature | |
| Opposition party | CCF, Liberal |
| Opposition leader |
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| History | |
| Elections | 1943, 1945 |
| Legislature term | |
| Incoming formation | 1943 Ontario general election |
| Outgoing formation | resignation |
| Predecessor | Nixon ministry |
| Successor | Kennedy ministry |
The Drew Ministry was the combined cabinet (formally the Executive Council of Ontario) that governed Ontario from August 17, 1943, to October 19, 1948. It was led by the 14th Premier of Ontario, George Drew. The ministry was made up of members of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, which commanded at first a minority of seats, and later a majority of the seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
The ministry replaced the Nixon ministry following the 1943 Ontario general election. The Drew ministry governed through the 21st and 22nd Parliaments of Ontario.
Drew resigned after he lost his own seat in the 1948 Ontario general election, though his party sustained its parliamentary majority; he would soon go on to lead the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Drew was succeeded as Premier of Ontario by ministry colleague Thomas Laird Kennedy.