Ontario. Dept. of Health. Office of the Minister

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Health. Office of the Minister

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Office of the Minister

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1924-1972

      History

      The Office of the Minister was established in 1924 with the creation of the Ontario Department of Health. The first Minister of Health, Forbes Godfrey, (Apr. 1924 - Sep. 1930), held responsibility for both the Dept. of Health and the Dept. of Labour. There were ten other Ministers of the Department during its existence: John Robb (Sep. 1930 - Jul. 1934); James Faulkner (Jul. 1934 - Oct. 1937); Harold Kirby (Oct. 1937 - Aug. 1943); Reginald Vivian (Aug. 1943 - Jan. 1946); Russell Kelley (Jan. 1946 - Aug. 1950); Mackinnon Phillips (Aug. 1950 - Dec. 1958); Matthew Dymond (Dec. 1958 - Aug. 1969); Thomas Wells (Aug. 1969 - Mar. 1971); Albert B.R. Lawrence (Mar. 1971 - Feb. 1972): and Richard Potter (Feb. 1972 - Mar. 1972. The Office was replaced by the Office of the Minister, Ontario Ministry of Health.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Minister of the Ontario Department of Health held the senior office within the Department, and was ultimately accountable to the Ontario Legislature for the Department's activities. The Office of the Minister provided administrative and political support for the Minister's duties and activities.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Health (1924-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA37

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Health controls Ontario. Dept. of Health. Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      1924-1972

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Health. Office of the Minister (1972-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1401

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Health. Office of the Minister is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Health. Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1400

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Annual Reports of the Dept. of Health, 1925-1972; RG 10 Inventory; Not in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Hughey