Leslie Frost
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Leslie Frost was a Canadian politician who served as the 16th Premier of Ontario from 1949 to 1961.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ premier ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Canada ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1895-09-20 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1973-05-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Osgoode Hall Law School
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Toronto ⓘ |
| endTime | 1961 ⓘ |
| familyName | Frost NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
provincial politics
ⓘ
public administration ⓘ |
| givenName | Leslie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | Leslie M. Frost Centre (named in his honour) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignature | signature of Leslie Frost ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | The Honourable ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading Ontario during post-World War II economic growth
ⓘ
moderate Progressive Conservative governance in Ontario ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryService | Canadian Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
development of Ontario’s highway network
ⓘ
expansion of Ontario’s education system ⓘ post-war social welfare expansion in Ontario ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| officeEndTime (Premier of Ontario) | 1961 ⓘ |
| officeStartTime (Premier of Ontario) | 1949 ⓘ |
| ordinalInOffice | 16th Premier of Ontario ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Orillia, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Lindsay, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of Provincial Parliament of Ontario
ⓘ
Premier of Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Thomas Laird Kennedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism ⓘ |
| representedElectoralDistrict | Victoria (Ontario provincial electoral district) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Lindsay, Ontario, Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Gertrude Jane Carew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1949 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | John Robarts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| termEnd (MPP for Victoria) | 1961 ⓘ |
| termStart (MPP for Victoria) | 1937 ⓘ |
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