The Honourable Gordon Daniel Conant

Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, at 11 a.m.

Location: McLaughlin Auditorium, McLaughlin Branch of the Oshawa Public Library, 65 Bagot Street, Oshawa

Directions: From Highway 401, take Exit 415 for Stevenson Road at Oshawa. Head north on Stevenson Road to King Street West. Turn right onto King Street West. Turn right onto Centre Street. Bagot Street is the first street on the right. Pay and Display and metered parking are available. Visit this gravesite

Bio: Born in Oshawa, Gordon Conant was Ontario’s 12th premier. An active member of the Oshawa community, he was elected mayor in 1916, making him the youngest mayor in the province at the time. Conant was elected to the provincial legislature in 1937 as the Liberal MPP for Ontario County and was appointed attorney general. In this position he strived to reform an inefficient justice system. Following his unexpected resignation in 1942, Mitchell Hepburn named Conant as his successor. He served as premier until 1943 and then as Master of the Supreme Court of Ontario until 1951.