Philip W. Andrewes (September 6, 1941) is a former politician in

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. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1987, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of

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and

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. Andrewes was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.

Early life

Andrewes was born in

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, Ontario, and received a

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degree from the Ontario Agricultural College at the

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. He worked as a

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grower before entering political life.

Political career

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1981 provincial election, defeating

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incumbent

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by 394 votes in the

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constituency. He was appointed to Davis's cabinet on July 6, 1983 as Minister of Energy. Andrewes supported Frank Miller to succeed Davis in the Progressive Conservative Party's January 1985 leadership convention, and was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Food when Miller became Premier of Ontario on February 8, 1985. Andrewes was re-elected in the 1985 election with an increased plurality, although the Progressive Conservatives were reduced to a fragile minority government in the

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. He was promoted to

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on May 17, 1985, but accomplished little in the department before the Conservatives were defeated in the legislature a month later. In opposition, Andrewes served as his party's critic for Health and Energy. He lost the Lincoln constituency by 1,036 votes to Liberal

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by in the 1987 election, amid a Liberal sweep of the province.

Cabinet positions

After politics

After leaving politics, he served for many years as chair of the board of directors for Agricorp, an Ontario crown corporation. He stepped down in 2005.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrewes, Philip 1941 births Living people Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Members of the Executive Council of Ontario