George Howard Ferguson
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The Honourable George Howard Ferguson |
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The Hon. George Howard Ferguson
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| 9th Premier of Ontario | |
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In office July 16, 1923 – December 15, 1930 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Lieutenant Governor |
Henry Cockshutt William Donald Ross |
| Preceded by | Ernest Charles Drury |
| Succeeded by | George Stewart Henry |
| Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
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In office 1930–1935 |
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| Prime Minister |
R.B. Bennett, W.L. Mackenzie King |
| Preceded by | Lucien Turcotte Pacaud (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Vincent Massey |
| Ontario MPP | |
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In office January 25, 1905 – December 15, 1930 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Joynt |
| Succeeded by | James Alfred Sanderson |
| Constituency | Grenville |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 18, 1870 Kemptville, Ontario |
| Died | February 21, 1946 (aged 75) Toronto, Ontario |
| Resting place | Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater |
University of Toronto Osgoode Hall Law School |
George Howard Ferguson, PC (June 18, 1870 – February 21, 1946) was the ninth Premier of Ontario, Canada from 1923 to 1930. He was a Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1930 who represented the eastern provincial riding of Grenville.
He was the son of Charles Frederick Ferguson who served in the Canadian House of Commons. Ferguson studied at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall, was called to the Ontario bar in 1894 and returned to Kemptville to practice. Ferguson was elected to the municipal council, serving three years as reeve of Kemptville. He married Ella Cumming in 1896.
First elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1905 election, Ferguson served as Minister of Lands, Forest and Mines in the government of William Hearst from 1914 to 1919. As Minister, he approved the reservation of 5,000 square miles (12,950 km2) of pulpwood on Crown land to the Mead Corporation, and a further 1,500 square miles (3,885 km2) to Abitibi Power and Paper Company, despite the Crown Timber Act's requirement that pulp limits must be sold by public tender. He declared, "My ambition has been to see the largest paper industry in the world established in the Province, and my attitude towards the pulp and paper industry has been directed towards assisting in bringing this about." After becoming Premier of Ontario in 1923, Ferguson reserved a further 3,000 square miles (7,770 km2) to Abitibi.
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