Sir William H. Hearst 1864-1941

Photo by Alan L Brown - June, 2005

Plaque Location

The County of Bruce
The Municipality of Arran-Elderslie
In Tara, in a park on the east side of Yonge Street (Road 10) between Main Street and Ann Street.
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Latitude and Longitude Coordinates

44.476483, -81.145083

Plaque Text

Born in Arran Township, Hearst was educated at the Collingwood Collegiate and Osgoode Hall. He practised law at Sault Ste. Marie and was first elected to the provincial legislature as Conservative member for that community in 1908. He was appointed minister of lands, forests and mines in 1911 during the administration of Sir James Whitney, and following the latter's death in September, 1914, became Ontario's seventh prime minister. Hearst retained that post throughout the first World War and was knighted for his services. Following his government's defeat in 1919 by the United Farmers of Ontario, he retired from politics, but served as a member of the International Joint Commission on Boundary Waters, 1920-40.

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