Arthur Wishart
| Arthur Wishart | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1963–1971 |
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| Preceded by | Harry Lyons |
| Succeeded by | John Rhodes |
| Constituency | Sault Ste. Marie |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 11, 1903 Chipman, New Brunswick |
| Died | November 23, 1986 (aged 83) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Arthur Allison Wishart, CM (June 11, 1903 – November 23, 1986) was a politician and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1971. He was a Progressive Conservative member who served in the cabinets of John Robarts and Bill Davis.
Born in New Brunswick, Wishart obtained his law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1930, and then practised in Windsor and Blind River.
He served as mayor of Blind River before moving to Sault Ste. Marie.
In the 1963 provincial election, he was elected the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Sault Ste. Marie.
He entered the cabinet within a year as Attorney General of Ontario under then Premier John Robarts. He served in that senior cabinet portfolio for seven years, and is credited with shepherding many important pieces of legislation, including the Legal Aid Act of 1966 and the Law Enforcement Compensation Act of 1967.
In 1967, Wishart fired Morton Shulman from his position as Chief Coroner of Metropolitan Toronto as a result of Shulman's criticisms of the government's failure to follow various recommendations made in coroner's inquiries. The dismissal propelled Shulman, until then a long-time Tory, into politics as a candidate and then MPP for the New Democratic Party.
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