George Calvin Wardrope (November 2, 1899 – January 1, 1980) was a politician in
Ontario
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, Canada. He served as a
Progressive Conservative member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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from 1951 to 1967. He was a member of cabinet in the governments of
Leslie Frost
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and
John Robarts
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Background
He was born in
Montreal
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, the son of John W. Wardrope and educated at the
University of Toronto
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. Wardrope operated an insurance and real estate agency in
Port Arthur. He was also president of the Steep Rock Lumber Company and served on the city council for Port Arthur. In 1947, he married Blanche Mabel Senbolt.
Politics
Wardrope was an unsuccessful candidate for the
federal seat in 1935 and the provincial seat in 1948.
He was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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as a
Progressive Conservative for the northern
Ontario
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riding of Port Arthur in the
1951 provincial election.
In December 1958, he was appointed to cabinet as
Minister of Reform Institutions.
He was a candidate in the
1961 Progressive Conservative leadership convention, placing last with 45 votes. He was subsequently appointed to the
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by the new
Premier of Ontario
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,
John Robarts
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Early life
Roba ...
as
Minister of Mines. He held this position until he was defeated in the
1967 election by radio broadcaster
Ron Knight. Knight defeated him by 815 votes.
Wardrope attempted to win a seat in the
House of Commons of Canada
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in the
1968 federal election, but was defeated in the riding of
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. He placed third behind
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Keith Penner
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and the
New Democratic Party
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candidate.
In 1969 he was elected to serve on the first City Council of the new city of Thunder Bay, which took office on January 1, 1970.
Cabinet positions
References
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1899 births
1980 deaths
Members of the Executive Council of Ontario
Politicians from Montreal
Politicians from Thunder Bay
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs