Harold James Kirby
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| 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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References
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External links
- {{Ontario MPP biography|id=harold-james-kirby}}
{{Hepburn Ministry}}
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Category:Members of the Executive Council of Ontario
Category:Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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