Dana Porter
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| Dana Porter | |
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| MPP for St. George | |
| In office 1943–1958 |
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| Preceded by | Ian Thomas Strachan |
| Succeeded by | Allan Lawrence |
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| Born | January 14, 1901 Toronto, Ontario |
| Died | May 13, 1967 (aged 66) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Profession | Lawyer, judge |
Dana Harris Porter (January 14, 1901 – May 13, 1967) was a Canadian politician and jurist.
After graduating from the University of Toronto in 1921, Porter went to England to continue his studies at Balliol College, Oxford from which he graduated with a Master's degree in 1923. He returned to Toronto where he was called to the bar, and joined the firm of Fennel, Porter & Davis.
Porter entered politics winning a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the downtown Toronto riding of St. George in the 1943 provincial election that brought the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario to power.
He joined the cabinet of Ontario Premier George Drew as Minister of Planning and Development in 1944. In 1947, he instituted an airlift of 10,000 British immigrants to the province over the objections of the federal government. In 1948, he was appointed Minister of Education and Provincial Secretary. When Drew left provincial politics to take the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Porter ran to succeed him as provincial leader, but won only 65 votes in the 1949 provincial Tory leadership convention. He lost to Leslie Frost.[citation needed]
In 1958, Porter left politics to accept an appointment as Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal. He made a notable ruling in 1964, lifting a ban on the book Fanny Hill.
Dana Porter's son, Julian Porter, is a Canadian copyright and libel lawyer who ran unsuccessfully in the 1985 provincial election as a Progressive Conservative in the same riding formerly represented by his father.
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| Preceded by Leslie Frost |
Treasurer of Ontario 1955–1958 |
Succeeded by Leslie Frost |
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| Preceded by New position |
Chancellor of the University of Waterloo 1960–1966 |
Succeeded by Ira G. Needles |
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