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Backgrounder

August 9, 2007

 

COMMEMORATING ONTARIO’S PREMIERS

The McGuinty government is honouring the achievements and leadership of Ontario’s deceased premiers by permanently marking their gravesites with flags and commemorative plaques.

The gravesites of the following premiers will be included as part of a program to be developed by the Ontario Heritage Trust:


Former Premiers

Years Served As Premier

Location of Cemetery

John Sandfield Macdonald

1867-1871

St. Andrew’s Cemetery, Cornwall

Edward Blake

1871-1872

St. James’ Cemetery, Toronto

Sir Oliver Mowat

1872-1896

Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto

Arthur Sturgis Hardy

1896-1899

Greenwood Cemetery, Brantford

Sir George William Ross

1899-1905

Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto

Sir James Pliny Whitney

1905-1914

Morrisburg, near Chrysler’s Farm Battlefield

Sir William Howard Hearst

1914-1919

Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto

Ernest Charles Drury

1919-1923

Union Hill Cemetery, Crown Hill

George Howard Ferguson

1923-1930

Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto

George Stewart Henry

1930-1934

Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto

Mitchell Frederick Hepburn

1934-1942

St. Thomas Cemetery, St. Thomas

Gordon Daniel Conant

1942-1943

Oshawa Mausoleum, Oshawa

Harry Corwin Nixon

1943-1943

St. George’s United Cemetery, St. George’s

George Alexander Drew

1943-1948

Woodlawn Cemetery, Guelph

Thomas Laird Kennedy

1948-1949

Dixie Union Cemetery, Mississauga

Leslie Miscampbell Frost

1949-1961

Riverside Cemetery, Lindsay

John Parmenter Robarts

1961-1971

St. James’ Cemetery, Toronto

Frank Miller

1985-1985

Lakeview Cemetery, Gravenhurst


For more information on the accomplishments of Ontario’s former premiers, visit www.kids.premier.gov.on.ca/english/history/premiers.asp

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Contacts:
Mark Thompson, Minister’s Office, (416) 325-4071
Guy Lepage, Communications Branch, (416) 314-3497