Media Advisory - Gordon Daniel Conant honoured through Premiers' Gravesites
Program
OSHAWA, ON, Nov. 10 /CNW/ -
| Date: | Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 11 a.m. |
| Location: | McLaughlin Auditorium, McLaughlin Branch of the Oshawa Public Library 65 Bagot Street, Oshawa |
| Directions: | From Highway 401, take Exit 415 for Stevenson Road at Oshawa. Head north on Stevenson Road to King Street West. Turn right onto King Street West. Turn right onto Centre Street. Bagot Street is the first street on the right. Pay and Display and metered parking are available. |
| Photo opportunity: | Unveiling of commemorative marker |
| Contact: | Catrina Colme Senior Marketing and Communications Specialist Ontario Heritage Trust Telephone: 416-325-5074 E-mail: [email protected] |
Join the Ontario Heritage Trust for the unveiling of a marker commemorating the gravesite of the Honourable Gordon Daniel Conant, premier of Ontario from 1942 to 1943.
Born in Oshawa, Gordon Conant was Ontario's 12th premier. An active member of the Oshawa community, he was elected mayor in 1916, making him the youngest mayor in the province at the time. Conant was elected to the provincial legislature in 1937 as the Liberal MPP for Ontario County and was appointed attorney general. In this position he strived to reform an inefficient justice system. Following his unexpected resignation in 1942, Mitchell Hepburn named Conant as his successor. He served as premier until 1943 and then as Master of the Supreme Court of Ontario until 1951.
The Premiers' Gravesites Program honours Ontario's former premiers and their service to Ontario by marking their gravesites. This program is administered by the Ontario Heritage Trust with funding support from the Government of Ontario.
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For further information:
Catrina Colme
Senior Marketing and Communications Specialist
Ontario Heritage Trust
Telephone: 416-325-5074
E-mail: [email protected]
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