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Featured article: January 19, 2008 The Tuck School of Business is the graduate business school of Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Founded in 1900, Tuck is the oldest graduate school of business in the world, and was the first institution to offer master's degrees in business administration. It is one of six Ivy League business schools, and it consistently ranks in the top ten of national business school rankings. Tuck grants only one degree, the Master of Business Administration, alongside shorter programs for executives and recent college graduates, as well as opportunities for dual degrees with other institutions. The school places a heavy emphasis on its tight-knit and residential character, and has a student population typically in the region of 500 students and a full-time teaching staff of 46. Tuck currently enjoys the highest rate of alumni donation of any business school in the United States. (more...) Recently featured: SR Merchant Navy Class – John Day – Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act

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<onlyinclude> Dalton McGuinty is the current premier of Ontario. This is a list of the premiers of the province of Ontario, Canada, since Confederation in 1867. Ontario uses a unicameral Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the Legislative Assembly. The premier is Ontario's head of government, while the Queen of Canada is its head of state and is represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. The premier picks a cabinet from the elected members to form the Executive Council of Ontario, and presides over that body. Premiers of Ontario since 1867       Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario       United Farmers of Ontario       Ontario Liberal Party       Ontario New Democratic Party No. Portrait Name (Birth–Death) District Term of office Electoral mandates (Assembly) Political party 1 John Sandfield Macdonald (1812–1872) MLA for Cornwall 15 July 1867 20 December 1871 — (none) 1867 election (1st Assembly) Liberal-Conservative Party Macdonald led a Coalition between the Liberal-Conservative Party and the Liberal Party; was also an MP in the House of Commons until 1872; was the last Catholic premier for 132 years 2 Edward Blake (1833–1912) MLA for Bruce South 20 December 1871 25 October 1872 1871 election (2nd Assembly) Liberal Party Resigned to lead the federal Liberal Party 3 Sir Oliver Mowat (1820–1903) MLA for Oxford North 25 October 1872 21 July 1896 — (2nd Assembly) 1875 election (3rd Assembly) 1879 election (4th Assembly) 1883 election (5th Assembly) 1886 election (6th Assembly) 1890 election (7th Assembly) 1894 election (8th Assembly) Liberal Party Secured a large amount of power for the provinces through court battles with the federal government; introduced the secret ballot in elections and extended suffrage beyond property owners; created the municipal level of government; Ontario prohibition plebiscite, 1894 4 Arthur Sturgis Hardy (1837–1901) MLA for Brant South 21 July 1896 20 October 1899 — (8th Assembly) 1898 election (9th Assembly) Liberal Party 5 Sir George William Ross (1841–1914) MLA for Middlesex West 20 October 1899 8 February 1905 — (9th Assembly) 1902 election (10th Assembly) Liberal Party Expanded libraries, kindergarten, and university grants; Ontario prohibition referendum, 1902 6 Sir James Whitney (1843–1914) MLA for Dundas 8 February 1905 25 September 1914 1905 election (11th Assembly) 1908 election (12th Assembly) 1911 election (13th Assembly) 1914 election (14th Assembly) Conservative Party Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario; Workmen's Compensation Act; temperance legislation; Regulation 17 7 Sir William Hearst (1864–1941) MLA for Sault Ste. Marie 2 October 1914 14 November 1919 — (14th Assembly) Conservative Party Ontario Temperance Act; expanded workers injury compensation; allowed woman suffrage; Ontario prohibition referendum, 1919 8 Ernest Drury (1878–1968) MLA for Halton 14 November 1919 16 July 1923 1919 election (15th Assembly) United Farmers Led a Coalition between the United Farmers Party and the Labour Party; did not win a seat in the legislature until a 1920 by-election; created the first Department of Welfare; set a minimum wage for women; expanded Ontario Hydro; created the Province of Ontario Savings Office; began the first major reforestation program in North America; Ontario prohibition referendum, 1921 9 George Howard Ferguson (1870–1946) MLA for Grenville 16 July 1923 16 December 1930 1923 election (16th Assembly) 1926 election (17th Assembly) 1929 election (18th Assembly) Conservative Party Named leader in 1920 Relaxed Regulation 17; created the Liquor Control Board of Ontario; Ontario prohibition referendum, 1924 10 George Stewart Henry (1871–1958) MLA for York East 16 December 1930 10 July 1934 — (18th Assembly) Conservative Party Expansion of highway system, including construction of the Queen Elizabeth Way 11 Mitchell Hepburn (1896–1953) MLA for Elgin (until 1938) MPP for Elgin (from 1938) 10 July 1934 21 Octtober 1942 1934 election (19th Assembly) 1937 election (20th Assembly) Liberal Party Named leader in 1930 Greatly cutting government spending; succession tax; compulsory milk pasteurization; relaxed temperance laws; made the Dionne Quintuplets wards of the state 12 Gordon Daniel Conant (1885–1953) MPP for Ontario 21 October 1942 18 May 1943 — (20th Assembly) Liberal Party Temporary premier during the 1943 party leadership race 13 Harry Nixon (1891–1961) MPP for Brant 18 May 1943 17 August 1943 — (20th Assembly) Liberal Party Named leader in 1943 14 George A. Drew (1894–1973) MPP for High Park (until 1948) 17 August 1943 19 October 1948 1943 election (21st Assembly) 1945 election (22nd Assembly) 1948 election (23rd Assembly) Progressive Conservative Party Named leader in 1938 Drew Regulation; LeBel Royal Commission; anti-Semitic, union-bashing, and red-baiting campaign; joined Ontario to North American power grid, increased provincial share of Education spending 15 Thomas Laird Kennedy (1878–1959) MPP for Peel 19 October 1948 4 May 1949 — (23rd Assembly) Progressive Conservative Party 16 Leslie Frost (1895–1973) MPP for Victoria 4 May 1949 8 November 1961 — (23rd Assembly) 1951 election (24th Assembly) 1955 election (25th Assembly) 1959 election (26th Assembly) Progressive Conservative Party Named leader in 1949 400-series highways; Provincial Sales Tax; public hospital insurance which would become OHIP; Large growth in universities; Fair Employment Practices Act and Fair Accommodation Practices Act; Voting rights for First Nations; Metropolitan Toronto 17 John Robarts (1917–1982) MPP for London North 8 November 1961 1 March 1971 — (26th Assembly) 1963 election (27th Assembly) 1967 election (28th Assembly) Progressive Conservative Party Named leader in 1961 Ontario Human Rights Code; 1967 "Confederation of Tomorrow" conference; French education in Ontario schools; 18 Bill Davis (1929–) MPP for Peel North (until 1975) MPP for Brampton (from 1975) 1 March 1971 8 February 1985 — (28th Assembly) 1971 election (29th Assembly) 1975 election (30th Assembly) 1977 election (31st Assembly) 1981 election (32nd Assembly) Progressive Conservative Party Named leader in 1971 Spadina Expressway; rejected full funding to Ontario's Catholic high schools; New regional governments; Rent controls; 19 Frank Miller (1927–2000) MPP for Muskoka 8 February 1985 26 June 1985 — (32nd Assembly) 1985 election (33rd Assembly) Progressive Conservative Party Named leader in 1985 Lost a motion of no confidence immediately after the election and gave power to the opposition party. 20 David Peterson (1943–) MPP for London Centre 26 June 1985 1 October 1990 — (33rd Assembly) 1987 election (34th Assembly) Liberal Party Named leader in 1982 Had the second-most seats in the 33rd assembly, but formed an accord with the New Democratic Party that would let the Liberal Party take power without forming an official coalition. Reforms to doctor billing, rent laws, labour negotiation laws, pensions, environment, and helth insurance primiums; Extended Catholic school funding to highschool; supported the Meech Lake Accord; Patti Starr scandal 21 Bob Rae (1948–) MPP for York South 1 October 1990 26 June 1995 1990 election (35th Assembly) New Democratic Party Named leader in 1982 Social Contract (Ontario) and clash with unions; Rae days; Affirmative action; Rent control; Reserve status for North Ontario Aboriginals; Moratorium on new nuclear plants; Attempted to restrict Sunday shopping 22 Mike Harris (1945–) MPP for Nipissing 26 June 1995 14 April 2002 1995 election (36th Assembly) 1999 election (37th Assembly) Progressive Conservative Party Named leader in 1990 Common Sense Revolution; Ontario Works Workfare; Large tax cuts; Cancelled urban infrastructure projects; Cut health spending; Telehealth Ontario; Division of Ontario Hydro; Creation of megacities, including Toronto; Elimination of highschool OAC year and introduction of standardized testing; Ipperwash Crisis; Large teacher strikes; Ontario's Living Legacy; Walkerton crisis; Ontario's Drive Clean 23 Ernie Eves (1946–) MPP for Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey 15 April 2002 22 October 2003 — (37th Assembly) Progressive Conservative Party Named leader in 2002 Kimberly Rogers and welfare reform; Possible sale of Hydro One and problem with hydro costs due to hot summers and 2003 North America blackout 24 Dalton McGuinty (1955–) MPP for Ottawa South 23 October 2003 Incumbent 2003 election (38th Assembly) 2007 election (39th Assembly) 2011 election (40th Assembly) Liberal Party Named leader in 1996 Auto insurance reforms; Cancelled tax cuts; Increase in health spending and Health Premium tax; Transfer of gas tax to municipalities; Pit bull ban; Greenbelt (Golden Horseshoe); Renegotiation of federal equalization; Expansion of Ontario's Drive Clean; MoveOntario; eHealth Ontario scandal; Harmonized Sales Tax ^Co. Coalition government ^Min. Minority government ^LS Party won the election, but premier lost own seat Living former premiers As of March 2011, five former premiers are alive, the oldest being Bill Davis (1971–1985, born 1929). The most recent former premier to die was Frank Miller (1985), on July 21, 2000. Name Term Date of birth Bill Davis 1971–1985 July 30, 1929 (1929-07-30) David Peterson 1985–1990 December 28, 1943 (1943-12-28) Bob Rae 1990–1995 August 2, 1948 (1948-08-02) Mike Harris 1995–2002 January 23, 1945 (1945-01-23) Ernie Eves 2002–2003 June 17, 1946 (1946-06-17) See also List of premiers of Ontario by time in office List of Leaders of the Opposition in Ontario For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents. Notes References James H. Marsh, ed. (1999). "Ontario". The Canadian Encyclopedia (2000 ed.). Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. pp. 1713. ISBN 0-7710-2099-6.  Government of Ontario. "Historical Records". Past & Present MPPs. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all.do?locale=en. Retrieved 2007-03-11.  See full list...

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