Marcel Léger was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Cochrane North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1949 to 1951.[1]
Marcel Léger | |
|---|---|
| Ontario MPP | |
| In office June 8, 1949 – October 6, 1951 | |
| Preceded by | John Carrère |
| Succeeded by | Philip Kelly |
| Constituency | Cochrane North |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
A teacher from Hearst,[1] he won the district in a by-election following the death in office of his predecessor, John Carrère.[2] A member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, his sole challenger was a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, which led premier Leslie Frost to assert that the vote was a high-stakes battle in which free enterprise was at stake.[3]
He served in the backbenches throughout his time in the legislature, although he was given the honour of seconding the motion to accept the Speech from the Throne at the start of the 1950 session.[4] Outside of the house, he worked to help establish a senior's home in Hearst.[5]
He did not run for another term in the 1951 Ontario general election.
References
edit- ^ a b "PC Is Elected, CCF Trails In N. Cochrane". The Globe and Mail, June 9, 1949.
- ^ "Cochrane North Votes Tomorrow To Elect MPP". The Globe and Mail, June 7, 1949.
- ^ "Free Enterprise At Stake in Vote, Asserts Premier". The Globe and Mail, May 26, 1949.
- ^ "Ontario Plans to End Bias in Property Deals: Labor Code, Housing Plan On Agenda". The Globe and Mail, February 17, 1950.
- ^ "Hearst to Get Home for Aged With Ontario Aid". The Globe and Mail, March 21, 1951.
External links
edit
 | This article about an Ontario Progressive Conservative Party MPP is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |