James Snow

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James Snow
Terry O'Connor
Personal details
Born
James Wilfred Snow

(1929-07-12)July 12, 1929
Esquesing Township, Ontario
DiedSeptember 13, 2008(2008-09-13) (aged 79)
Milton, Ontario
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpouseBarbara Hughes
Children4
OccupationFarmer, businessman

James Wilfred Snow (July 12, 1929 – September 13, 2008) was a politician in

Frank Miller
.

Background

He was born in

Esquesing Township, Ontario. He was the son of Wilfred Oliver Snow and Margaret Florence Devlin. He was educated in Milton. He worked as a farmer and a carpenter and he started his own business called Snow Construction Ltd. which built houses in post war Ontario. In 1950 he also founded Snow Properties Ltd. and Oakville Investments Ltd. In 1969 he created another company in Streetville, Tube-Fab Ltd. which made aircraft parts. In 1953 he married Barbara Hughes and together they raised four children.[1]

Politics

Snow was elected to the Ontario legislature in the

Minister of Government Services on February 2, 1972.[4]

The Progressive Conservatives were reduced to a minority government in the 1975 election. Snow was re-elected in the redistributed riding of Oakville, and was promoted to Minister of Transportation and Communications on October 7, 1975.[5][6]

During his time as minister, he introduced mandatory seat belt legislation for adults and child restraint seats for children. In 1981, he approved the extension of

Highway 401. He claimed that it was needed to increase industrial development.[1]

Snow supported Frank Miller to succeed Davis as party leader in January 1985, and was retained in Miller's portfolio as a minister without portfolio responsible for Urban Transit.[7] He retired from politics in 1985.[1]

Cabinet positions

Ontario provincial government of Bill Davis
Cabinet posts (2)
Predecessor Office Successor
John Rhodes Minister of Transportation and Communications
1975–1985 		George McCague
James Auld
Minister of Government Services

1972–1975
Ministry was renamed from Public Works to Government Services on April 7, 1972 		Margaret Scrivener

Later life

Snow self-published an autobiography after leaving political life, and purchased a golf course in

Hornby
, Ontario. He donated his family wheelchair van to the Lions Foundation of Canada in August 2005.

In 2006 Snow and his wife Barbara donated half-a-million dollars to the Milton District Hospital Foundation's CT Scanner Campaign. The complex housing the scanner is named the "James and Barbara Snow Family Trust Diagnostic Imaging Annex".

The town of

Highway 401 coming in 1979.[8] It was upgraded in the early 1980s to become a major arterial road, and is in the process of being extended on both north and south ends. The overpass of the James Snow Parkway at Highway 401 was damaged in 1986 when it was hit by a fuel tanker that caught fire, necessitating that the bridge deck be entirely replaced. It was renamed after James Snow paid to pave the road extended over the 401 so he could get home faster.[9]

Snow died on September 13, 2008, of complications from diabetes. He was 79.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Martin, Sandra (September 17, 2008). "James Snow, 79 Politician: Ontario cabinet minister served under three premiers". The Globe and Mail. p. S8.
  2. ^ Canadian Press (October 18, 1967). "Tories win, but..." The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. B2.
  3. ^ "Riding-by-riding returns in provincial election". The Globe and Mail. October 23, 1971. p. 10.
  4. ^ "The Cabinet for Ontario". The Globe and Mail. February 3, 1972. p. 4.
  5. ^ "Table of vote results for all Ontario ridings". The Globe and Mail. September 19, 1975. p. C12.
  6. ^ "The ministers and their jobs". The Globe and Mail. October 8, 1975. p. 39.
  7. ^ "The Ontario Cabinet". The Globe and Mail. February 9, 1985. p. 4.
  8. ^ "Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 10 Jan 1979, p. 2".
  9. ^ "Ontario Highway 401 Photographs - Page 8 - History of Ontario's Kings Highways".

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