Dalton Bales
| Dalton Bales | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1963–1975 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Bette Stephenson |
| Constituency | York Mills |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 21, 1920 Lansing, Ontario |
| Died | October 31, 1979 (aged 59) Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Iris Vivian Amundsen |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Dalton Arthur Bales (February 21, 1920 – October 30, 1979) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1975 who represented the riding of York Mills. He was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Robarts and Bill Davis.
Bales joined the Toronto law firm of McLaughlin, Soward in 1946 while he was a law student. He was called to the bar in 1949 and eventually became partner.
He entered politics in 1958 by being elected to the North York Town Council as an alderman. He defeated Paul Graham in Ward 2 by 780 votes. He was re-elected in 1960.
In 1963, he ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of York Mills. He defeated Liberal James Service by 8,434 votes. He was a major organizer in the Toronto area where the partywon 22 seats. He was re-elected in 1967 and 1971.
In 1966 he was appointed Minister of Labour in the government of Premier John Robarts. In 1971, Bill Davis appointed him Minister of Municipal Affairs. In 1972 he was promoted to Attorney General of Ontario.
In 1972, Bales and several other cabinet ministers were accused of being in a conflict of interest over property they owned. In Bales' case he was accused of having purchased land in Markham, Ontario in 1969 while the Cabinet was considering development plans in the area. Bales offered to resign from cabinet but his resignation was refused. The incidents resulted in Davis issuing the province's first conflict of interest guidelines for cabinet ministers and later parliamentary assistants to follow.
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