Ontario. Dept. of Planning and Development. Office of the Minister

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Planning and Development. Office of the Minister

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Office of the Minister

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1944-1961

      History

      The Office of the Minister for the Ontario Department of Planning and Development was established in 1944, and continued to exist until 1961 when the Department of Planning and Development was replaced with the Department of Commerce and Development.

      The position of Minister of Planning and Development was held by Dana H. Porter, May 1944 to October 1948; Arthur Welsh, October 1948 to May 1949; William Griesinger, May 1949 to January 1953; William K. Warrander, January 1953 to August 1955; and William M. Nickle, August 1955 to January 1961.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Minister was the member of the Executive Council (Cabinet) who acted as the head of the Ontario Department of Planning and Development, and was responsible to Cabinet and the Legislature for the overall direction and policies of the department.

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      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Planning and Development (1944-1961)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA14

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Planning and Development controls Ontario. Dept. of Planning and Development. Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      1944-1961

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Commerce and Development. Office of the Minister (1961)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA869

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Commerce and Development. Office of the Minister is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Planning and Development. Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

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      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA867

      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

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        Script(s)

          Sources

          Archives of Ontario. Inventory 9 - Records of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (February 1997)

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Archivist(s):
          Robert Anger