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Mitchell Frederick Hepburn (August 12, 1896 – January 5, 1953) was the 11th premier of Ontario, from 1934 to 1942. He was the youngest premier in Ontario history, becoming premier at age 37. He was the only Ontario Liberal Party leader in the 20th century to lead his party to two majorities .
Mitchell Frederick Hepburn, politician, premier of Ontario 1934 –42 (b at St Thomas, Ont 12 Aug 1896; d there 5 Jan 1953). Confident and affable, "Mitch" was a popular farmer who won a narrow victory in Elgin West in the 1926 federal election and was re-elected with a healthy majority in 1930.
Those who describe Ontario political leaders as bland or boring do not remember the days of Mitchell Hepburn. Premier of the province from 1934 to 1942, Hepburn...
Aided by the Depression, the ineptness of Conservative Premier George HENRY, and funding from business and mining interests, Hepburn won an overwhelming victory...
Aug 4, 2016 · Premier Mitchell Hepburn, who had led the party to huge victories in 1934 and 1937, was demonstrating increasingly odd behaviour. The story goes that one day in October 1942 he walked down the hall at Queen's Park from the premier's office to the office of his attorney general, Gordon Conant, and essentially said, “I've had enough.
Mitchell Frederick Hepburn (August 12, 1896 – January 5, 1953) was the 11th premier of Ontario, from 1934 to 1942. He was the youngest premier in Ontario history, becoming premier at age 37. He was the only Ontario Liberal Party leader in the 20th century to lead his party to two majorities.
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Mitchell Frederick Hepburn. (1896—1953) Quick Reference. (1896–1953), Ontario premier 1934–42. One of the flamboyant politicians of the interwar years, ‘Mitch’ sat in the Commons in 1926–34 and was elected leader of the Ontario Liberals in 1930. ... From: Hepburn, Mitchell Frederick in The Oxford Companion to Canadian History »
