Ontario. Dept. of Public Welfare. Office of the Minister

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Public Welfare. 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

      1930-1967

      History

      The Office of the Minister was established in 1930 with the creation of the Ontario Department of Public Welfare.

      There were eleven Ministers of Public Welfare during its existence: the Hon. William Martin (1930-1934); the Hon. David Croll (1934-1937); the Hon. Mitchell Hepburn (1937); the Hon. Eric Cross (1937-1940); the Hon. Norman Hipel (1940- 1941); the Hon. Farquhar Oliver (1941-1942, 1943); the Hon. Harold Kirby (1942-1943); the Hon. Reginald Vivian (1943- 1946); the Hon. William Goodfellow (1946-1955); the Hon. Louis Cecile (1955-1966); and the Hon. John Yaremko (1966- 1967).

      In 1967 the office was replaced by the Office of the Minister in the new Department of Social and Family Services.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Minister of Public Welfare 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 Public Welfare (1930-1967)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA39

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Public Welfare controls Ontario. Dept. of Public Welfare. Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      1930-1967

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services. Office of the Minister (1967-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA975

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Social and Family Services. Office of the Minister is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Public Welfare. 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

      CA976

      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 Department of Public Welfare, 1930-1967; RG 29 Inventory.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Bill Hughey