Darcy McKeough

William Darcy McKeough
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Kent West
In office 1963–1967
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Chatham—Kent
In office 1967–1981
Personal details
Born	January 31, 1933 (1933-01-31) Chatham, Ontario
Political party	Progressive Conservative

William Darcy McKeough, OC (known as Darcy McKeough) (born January 31, 1933) is a Canadian businessman and former politician. He is a member of the board of Hydro One and is chairman of McKeough Investments and McKeough Supply, and former CEO of Union Gas.

Born in Chatham, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1954. From 1960 to 1961 and 1962 to 1963, he was a member of the Chatham City Council.

McKeough won a seat in the Ontario legislature representing Chatham—Kent in 1963. He served as Minister of Municipal Affairs in the Progressive Conservative government of John Robarts. Among other things, he introduced legislation to create the city of Thunder Bay in Northern Ontario by an amalgamation of existing municipalities.

He was later a candidate in the 1971 Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership convention and was Minister of Energy and then Treasurer of Ontario and Minister of Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs in the Cabinet of Premier William Davis. He left politics in 1978 to enter the private sector and has had a number of positions, particularly in the energy sector.

In 1993, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for his "successful business ventures and fund-raising efforts on behalf of educational, medical, research and cultural institutions".

References

• "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=mcinnes&t=91409&d=1994. Retrieved March 26, 2006. 

External links

• Member's Parliamentary History

Political offices
Preceded by John White	Treasurer of Ontario 1975-1978	Succeeded by Frank Miller