Ontario. Dept. of Reform Institutions. Office of the Minister

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Dept. of Reform Institutions. 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

      1946-1968

      History

      The Minister of the Department of Reform Institutions was appointed at the creation of the Department on April 1, 1946 and replaced the Deputy Provincial Secretary of the Reformatories and Prisons Branch.

      This position was held by George Dunbar (1946-1950); William Hamilton 1950-1951); John Foote (1951-1957); Matthew Dymond (1957-1958); Ray Connell (Apr. -Dec. 1958); George Wardrope (1958-1961); W. Irwin Haskett (1961-1963) and Allan Grossman (1963-1968).

      On July 1, 1968 the Department of Reform Institutions was replaced with the Department of Correctional Services.

      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 Reform Institutions and was responsible to Cabinet and the Legislature for the overall direction and policies of the ministry.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Reform Institutions (1946-1968)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA75

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Reform Institutions controls Ontario. Dept. of Reform Institutions. Office of the Minister

      Dates of relationship

      1946-1968

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Dept. of Correctional Services. Office of the Minister (1968-1972)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1296

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Dept. of Correctional Services. Office of the Minister is the successor of Ontario. Dept. of Reform Institutions. 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

      CA1294

      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 Reform Institutions, 1946-1949.

          Directory and Guide to Services of the Government of Ontario, 1949-1962.

          Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1962-1968.

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana Name Authorities.

          Archivist(s):
          Marg McIntyre