Darcy McKeough
| Darcy McKeough | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1967–1978 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Andy Watson |
| Constituency | Chatham—Kent |
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In office 1963–1967 |
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| Preceded by | George Parry |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Kent West |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 31, 1933 Chatham, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | Businessman |
William Darcy McKeough, OC (born January 31, 1933) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1978 who represented the ridings of Kent West and Chatham—Kent. He was a cabinet minister in the government of Bill Davis. Due to McKeough's senior position in cabinet as Treasurer, Minister of Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of Municipal Affairs, he was often referred to as the 'Duke of Kent'.
After he retired from politics in 1978, he spent a further career in business administering to his companies McKeough Investments and McKeough Supply. He also spent time as a member of the board of Hydro One and was a former CEO of Union Gas.
Born in Chatham, Ontario and educated at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Canada. After which received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario in 1954.
From 1960 to 1961 and 1962 to 1963, he was a member of the Chatham City Council.
In the 1963 provincial election, McKeough ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the southwestern Ontario riding of Kent West. He defeated Liberal candidate G.R. Newkirk by 1,739 votes. In 1967, he ran in the new riding of Chatham—Kent and defeated Liberal Tom Henry by 1,291 votes. He was re-elected in 1971, 1975 and 1977.
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