Jay Monteith

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Jay Waldo Monteith PC (born June 24, 1903 in Stratford , Ontario , † December 19, 1981 ) was a Canadian politician of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) who was a member of the House of Commons for 19 years . Between 1957 and 1963 he was Minister for National Health and Welfare and from 1961 to 1963 Minister for Amateur Sports in the 18th Canadian Cabinet of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker .

Life

Family, studies and local politicians

Stratford Town Hall, of which Monteith was Mayor from 1944 to 1945

Monteith was the son of Joseph Monteith , who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario between 1923 and 1934 and during that period from 1926 to 1930 first treasurer and then between 1930 and 1934 Minister of Labor, Public Works and Highways of the Province of Ontario . His grandfather, Andrew Monteith, was also a member of the Lower House of Canada from 1867 to 1874 and from 1874 to 1878.

He himself completed a law degree , which he completed with a doctorate in law (LL.D.) and then worked as an accountant . As such, he was a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants . Monteith began his political career in local politics in his native Stratford, whose local council he was a member from 19439 to 1941 and whose mayor he was between 1944 and 1945.

Member of the House of Commons and Federal Minister

In the election of August 10, 1953 , Monteith was elected as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party for the first time as a member of the House of Commons and represented the constituency of Perth for 19 years until October 29, 1972 .

On August 22, 1957, he was appointed by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to Canada's 18th Cabinet and was Minister for National Health and Welfare until the end of Diefenbaker's tenure on April 21, 1963. At the same time he acted between September 29, 1961 and April 21, 1963 as Minister of Amateur Sports.

After his party's defeat in the general election on April 8, 1963 , Monteith acted as spokesman for the opposition PC faction for national health and welfare between 1953 and 1966 and then from 1966 to September 1968 as his faction's financial policy spokesman.

He was then from 1966 to September 1968 chairman of the caucus of the Progressive Conservative Party, an assembly of members and supporters of the PC to pre-select candidates for high political offices, and was replaced in this capacity by George Hees . Most recently, Monteith served again as the opposition spokesman for national health and welfare between September 1968 and 1971.

Web links and sources

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on the homepage of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  2. ^ Curriculum vitae on the Canadian Parliament website
  3. ^ Entry on the homepage of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
  4. ^ Canadian Ministries at rulers.org
personal data
SURNAME Monteith, Jay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Monteith, Jay Waldo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Stratford , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH 19th December 1981