George Albert Kerr
| George Kerr | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1975–1985 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Cam Jackson |
| Constituency | Burlington South |
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In office 1967–1975 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Halton West |
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In office 1963–1967 |
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| Preceded by | Stanley Hall |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Halton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 27, 1924 Montreal, Quebec |
| Died | May 21, 2007 (aged 83) Burlington, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Mim Kerr |
| Children | 3 |
| Profession | Lawyer |
George Albert Kerr (January 27, 1924 – May 21, 2007) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1985, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of John Robarts and Bill Davis. Kerr was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party and was the first person to hold the portfolio of environment minister in any provincial or federal cabinet in Canada.
He was born in Montreal, Quebec, and educated at the University of New Brunswick and Dalhousie Law School. He worked as a lawyer.
He served on the town council of Burlington, Ontario from 1955 to 1957 and 1960 to 1962.
Kerr was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1963 provincial election, defeating Liberal Party candidate Owen Mullin by 6,372 votes in Halton. He served as a backbench supporter of Robarts's government for four years, and was re-elected in the 1967 election. He was appointed to cabinet on June 5, 1969 as Minister of Energy and Resources Management.
Kerr was the only cabinet minister to support Darcy McKeough's bid to succeed Robarts as party leader at the 1971 Progressive Conservative Party leader leadership convention. McKeough was eliminated on the second-last ballot, and, with Kerr, gave his support to Bill Davis. Davis won the contest, and initially retained Kerr in the Energy and Resources Management portfolio. On July 23, 1971, he was named Minister of the Environment, the first such Cabinet minister in Canada.
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