Harold James Kirby

Harold James Kirby

MPP for Eglinton
In office June 19, 1934 – June 30, 1943
Personal details
Born	(1895-04-28)April 28, 1895 Maple, Ontario, Canada
Died	October 20, 1956(1956-10-20) (aged 61) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Ontario Liberal Party

Harold James Kirby (April 28, 1895 – October 20, 1956) was a lawyer, real estate agent^[1] and political figure in Ontario. He represented Eglinton in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1943 as a Liberal member.^[2]

He was born in Maple,^[1]^[3] the son of James Henry Kirby, and educated in North Toronto and at Osgoode Hall. Kirby served overseas with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I.^[1] He was Minister of Health from 1937 to 1943 and Minister of Public Welfare from 1942 to 1943.^[2] He died following a heart attack in 1956.^[4]

References

1 2 3 "Ontario Cabinet Assumes Tasks". Windsor Daily Star. October 13, 1937. p. 6. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
1 2 "Harold James Kirby, MPP". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
↑ Normandin, P.G.; Normandin, A.L. (1929). Guide Parlementaire Canadien. P. G. Normandin. ISSN 0315-6168. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
↑ "Health Minister For Six Years Under Hepburn", The Globe and Mail (1936-Current) [Toronto, Ont] 22 Oct 1956: 4.

Cabinet of Premier Mitchell Hepburn (1934–1942)

19th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1934–1937)	David Croll (Labour, Municipal Affairs, Public Welfare) James Faulkner (Health) Peter Heenan (Lands and Forests) Paul Leduc (Mines) Duncan Marshall (Agriculture) Thomas McQuesten (Highways, Public Works) Harry Nixon (Provincial Secretary and Registrar) Arthur Roebuck (Labour, Attorney-General) Leonard Simpson (Education) Mitchell Hepburn (Premier and Treasurer of Ontario)

20th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1937–1942)	Colin Campbell (Public Works, 1937–41) Gordon Conant (Attorney-General) Eric Cross (Municipal Affairs and Public Welfare, 1937–40) Patrick Dewan (Agriculture) A. St. Clair Gordon (Minister without portfolio) Peter Heenan (Lands and Forests (1937–41), Labour (1938, 1941–42)) Norman Hipel (Labour (1938–41), Public Works (1940–41), Lands and Forests (1941–42)) William Houck (Minister without portfolio) Harold Kirby (Health) Robert Laurier (Mines, 1940–42) Paul Leduc (Mines, 1937–40) Morrison MacBride (Labour, 1937–38) Duncan McArthur (Education, 1940–42) Thomas McQuesten (Highways, Mines (1940), Municipal Affairs (1940–42)) Harry Nixon (Provincial Secretary and Registrar) Farquhar Oliver (Public Welfare and Public Works, 1941–42) Leonard Simpson (Education, 1937–40) Mitchell Hepburn (Premier and Treasurer of Ontario)

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