Dana Porter

Dana Porter
Attorney General of Ontario
In office 1949–1955
Premier	Leslie Frost
Preceded by	Leslie Blackwell
Succeeded by	Kelso Roberts
Treasurer of Ontario
In office 1955–1959
Premier	Leslie Frost
Preceded by	Leslie Frost
Succeeded by	Leslie Frost
MPP for St. George
In office 1943–1958
Preceded by	Ian Strachan
Succeeded by	Allan Lawrence
Personal details
Born	(1901-01-14)January 14, 1901 Toronto, Ontario
Died	May 13, 1967(1967-05-13) (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.

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.

External links

• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history (archived)