George McCague
| George McCague | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1987–1990 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Jim Wilson |
| Constituency | Simcoe West |
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In office 1975–1987 |
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| Preceded by | Wally Downer |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Dufferin—Simcoe |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 5, 1929 Essa Township, Ontario |
| Died | July 14, 2014 (aged 84) Alliston, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Brigitte McCague |
| Occupation | Farmer |
George Raymond McCague (December 5, 1929 – July 14, 2014) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller.
McCague was born in Essa Township, north of Alliston, Ontario. He was son of J. J. E. McCague, who owned Glenafton Farms which was one of the best known dairy farms of its time. He was educated at Burns Public School, Alliston High School and the Ontario Agricultural College. He worked as a sod and potato farmer and executive and owned a real estate company in Alliston.
McCague was a councillor in Alliston from 1960 to 1961, deputy reeve from 1962 to 1964, reeve from 1965 to 1966, a public school board member from 1967 to 1968 and Mayor from 1969 to 1973. He was chair of the Board of Governors for Georgian College from 1967 to 1974 and Simcoe County warden in 1966. He also served as chair of the Niagara Escarpment Commission in the early 1970s.
He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1975 provincial election, after defeating long serving Dufferin Simcoe MP Wally Downer for the Progressive Conservative nomination. He defeated Liberal Bob Beattie by 1,691 votes in the riding of Dufferin—Simcoe. He was elected by greater margins in the elections of 1977,1981, and 1985.
McCague served as parliamentary assistant to the Treasurer just before the 1977 election, and was brought into Bill Davis's cabinet on September 21, 1977 as Minister of Government Services. On January 21, 1978, he was shifted to the Ministry of the Environment. He was named Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet on August 18, 1978. He retained this position until Davis resigned as Premier in 1985. McCague tried to convince Davis to remain in office for another election, but afterwards endorsed Frank Miller to succeed him as party leader.
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