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The Honourable
Leslie Frost
PC CC QC
The Hon. Leslie Miscampbell Frost
16th Premier of Ontario
In office
May 4, 1949 – November 8, 1961
MonarchsGeorge VI
Elizabeth II
Lieutenant GovernorRay Lawson
Louis Orville Breithaupt
John Keiller MacKay
Preceded byThomas Kennedy
Succeeded byJohn Robarts
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Victoria
In office
October 6, 1937 – May 16, 1963
Preceded byWilliam Newman
Succeeded byRonald Glen Hodgson
Personal details
Born
Leslie Miscampbell Frost

(1895-09-20)September 20, 1895
Orillia, Ontario, Canada
DiedMay 4, 1973(1973-05-04) (aged 77)
Lindsay, Ontario, Canada
Resting placeRiverside Cemetery
Political partyOntario PC Party
SpouseGertrude Jane Carew
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
Osgoode Hall Law School
Military service
AllegianceLeslie Frost Canada
Branch/serviceCanadian Army
Years of service1916-1918
Rank Captain
Unit157th Battalion (Simcoe Foresters)
Battles/warsWorld War I

Leslie Miscampbell Frost PC CC QC (September 20, 1895 – May 4, 1973) was a politician in Ontario, Canada, who served as the province's 16th premier from May 4, 1949, to November 8, 1961.[1] Due to his lengthy tenure, he gained the nickname "Old Man Ontario"; he was also known as "the Silver Fox".[2]

  1. ^ Roy MacGregor (October 3, 2007). "Frost favoured change, too -- the slow, methodical kind". The Globe and Mail.
  2. ^ 'Ian Urquhart (September 12, 2007). "McGuinty has spring in his step". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 2007-10-03.

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