Harold James Kirby

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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| name = Harold James Kirby

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| office = Ontario MPP

| term_start = 1934

| term_end = 1943

| predecessor = Alvin McLean

| successor = Leslie Blackwell

| constituency = Eglinton

| party = Liberal

| birth_date = {{birth date|1895|4|28}}

| birth_place = Maple, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1956|10|20|1895|4|28}}

| death_place = Toronto, Ontario

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

Background

He was born in Maple,{{cite book|title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien|author1=Normandin, P.G.|author2=Normandin, A.L.|date=1929|publisher=P. G. Normandin|issn=0315-6168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FdLAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2015-02-23}} 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.{{cite news |newspaper=Windsor Daily Star |date=October 13, 1937 |page=6 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gx0_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=iU8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5183,6159701 |title=Ontario Cabinet Assumes Tasks |accessdate=2011-07-11}} He died following a heart attack in 1956.{{cite news |title=Health Minister For Six Years Under Hepburn |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=October 22, 1956 |page=4}}

Politics

He was Minister of Health from 1937 to 1943 and Minister of Public Welfare from 1942 to 1943.

=Cabinet positions=

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| post2preceded = Farquhar Oliver

| post2 = Minister of Public Welfare

| post2years = 1942-1943

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| post2followed = Farquhar Oliver

| post1preceded = James Faulkner

| post1 = Minister of Health

| post1years = 1937-1943

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| post1followed = Percy Vivian

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