RARE \"Youngest Premier of Ontario\" Mitchell Hepburn Cut Signature For Sale
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RARE \"Youngest Premier of Ontario\" Mitchell Hepburn Cut Signature:
$349.99
Up for sale a RARE! "Youngest Premier of Ontario" Mitchell Hepburn Cut Signature.
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Mitchell Frederick Hepburn (August
12, 1896 – January 5, 1953) was the 11th Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1934
to 1942. He was the youngest Premier in Ontario history, appointed at age 37.
His personality was complex, as The Globe and Mail noted in its obituary
for him: Born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Hepburn attended school in
Elgin County and hoped to become a lawyer. His formal education ended abruptly,
however, when someone threw an apple at visiting dignitary Sir Adam Beck
knocking his silk top hat off his head. Hepburn was accused of the deed, denied
it, but refused to identify the culprit. Refusing to apologize he walked out of
his high school and obtained a job as a bank clerk at the Canadian Bank of Commerce where he worked
from 1913 to 1917 eventually becoming an accountant at the bank's Winnipeg
branch. At the outbreak of World War I, Hepburn had already enlisted in
the 34th Fort Garry Horse, but was unable to
obtain his parents' consent to sign up for the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He then
became a lieutenant in the 25th Elgin Regiment of the
Canadian Militia, and was conscripted to the 1st (Western Ontario) Battalion
in 1918. He transferred to the Royal Air
Force and was sent to Deseronto
for training, but suffered injuries in an automobile accident that summer,
followed by influenza in the fall both of which kept him
from active service. He returned to St. Thomas to tend to his family's onion
farm. Hepburn's premiership achieved international attention, which merited his
appearance on Time magazine's cover in 1937. As premier, Hepburn undertook a
number of measures which enhanced his reputation as the practitioner of a
highly vigorous style. In a public show of austerity, he closed Chorley Park,
the residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario,
saleed off the chauffeur driven limousines used by the previous Conservative
cabinet, and fired many civil servants. In order to improve the Province's
welfare, he gave money to mining industries in Northern
Ontario, and introduced compulsory milk pasteurization
(in so doing, he has been credited with virtually wiping out bovine tuberculosis in the province). Breaking
with the temperance stance of previous Liberal governments, Hepburn expanded
the availability of liquor by allowing hotels to sell beer and wine.
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