Ernie Eves
| Ernie Eves | |
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| 23rd Premier of Ontario | |
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In office April 15, 2002 – October 22, 2003 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor | James Bartleman |
| Preceded by | Mike Harris |
| Succeeded by | Dalton McGuinty |
| Leader of the Opposition (Ontario) | |
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In office October 23, 2003 – September 28, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Dalton McGuinty |
| Succeeded by | Bob Runciman (interim) |
| Leader of the Ontario PC Party | |
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In office March 23, 2002 – September 18, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Harris |
| Succeeded by | John Tory |
| Ontario MPP | |
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In office May 2, 2002 – January 31, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | David Tilson |
| Succeeded by | John Tory |
| Constituency | Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey |
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In office June 3, 1999 – February 8, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Norm Miller |
| Constituency | Parry Sound—Muskoka |
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In office March 19, 1981 – June 3, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Lorne Maeck |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Parry Sound |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ernest Larry Eves June 17, 1946 Windsor, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Vicki Eves (1976–1999; div.) |
| Domestic partner | Isabel Bassett (1999-) |
Ernest Larry Eves (born June 17, 1946) is a Canadian former politician who served as the 23rd Premier of Ontario from 2002 to 2003. He took over as Premier in 2002 when Mike Harris resigned as leader but was defeated in the 2003 election by the Liberals under Dalton McGuinty.
Eves was born in Windsor, Ontario to a working-class family. He studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School and practised law in his own firm called Green & Eves. He was elected in the northern Ontario riding of Parry Sound in 1981 by a margin of six votes but retained the seat for 20 years. He served briefly as a cabinet minister in the short-lived government of Frank Miller in 1985 but was consigned to the opposition benches when the Tories were defeated in a motion of no confidence by an alliance of the opposition Liberal and New Democrats. He remained in opposition until 1995 when the Tories returned to power under Mike Harris. Harris appointed Eves as his Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance. Family tragedy and marital problems led to his resignation from the legislature in 2001.
After a brief return to the private sector, he returned to politics when Harris resigned in 2002. He won the party leadership and regained a seat in the legislature after winning a by-election in the central Ontario riding of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey. His tenure as premier was short when he was defeated 16 months later in the 2003 election which saw his party lose 35 of 59 seats. A sense of widespread dissatisfaction with the governing Tories led to their defeat. Eves could not redeem his party's fortunes that still suffered under the long shadow cast by Harris. He resigned as leader in 2004 and retired from the legislature for a second time on January 31, 2005.
In 2007 he was appointed as Chairman of Jacob Securities Inc., a Toronto-based financial services company. He served in that position until July 2012.
Eves was born into a working-class family in Windsor, Ontario, in 1946, the son of Julie (née Hawrelechko) and Harry Louis Eves, a factory worker. His maternal grandparents were Ukrainian. As a teenager, Eves moved with his family to the central Ontario town of Parry Sound. Eves went to Osgoode Hall Law School, was called to the bar in 1972, and practiced with the firm of Green and Eves. In 1981, he ran for provincial parliament in the riding of Parry Sound. He defeated Liberal candidate Richard Thomas by only six votes (leading to the nickname "Landslide Ernie") but went on to keep the seat for twenty years.
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