The Honourable Thomas Laird Kennedy

Date: Monday, March 25, 2013, at 1 p.m.

Location: In the church hall at The Anglican Church of St. John the Baptist - Dixie, 719 Dundas Street East, Mississauga

Directions: From the Queen Elizabeth Way, take the Cawthra Road Exit. Head north on Cawthra Road. Turn right onto The Queensway East. Take the first left onto Haines Road. Take the first left onto Dundas Street East. The church will be on your right. Visit this gravesite

Bio: Ontario's fifteenth premier, Thomas L. Kennedy was born in the hamlet of Dixie, now in Peel Region. He began his political career locally as a school trustee in 1899. He served with distinction in the First World War and later as a Colonel in the active militia. He was elected Peel MPP in 1919 and with the exception of one term, he would hold the seat until his death. Kennedy was Minister of Agriculture from 1930-34, and later from 1943-48 and 1949-53. He was named interim premier from 1948-49 and died in office in 1959.