Ernie Eves, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ernie Eves

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1946

Place of Birth: Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Ernie Eves

  • Ernest Larry Eves, (born June 17, 1946) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 23rd Premier of Ontario from 2002 to 2003.
  • He took over as Premier in 2002 when Mike Harris resigned as leader, but his party was defeated in the 2003 election by the Liberals, under Dalton McGuinty. Eves was born in Windsor, Ontario, to a working-class family.
  • He studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School and practised law in his own firm, named Green & Eves.
  • He was elected in the northern Ontario riding of Parry Sound in 1981 by a margin of six votes but retained the seat for 20 years.
  • He served briefly as a cabinet minister in the short-lived government of Frank Miller in 1985, but he was consigned to the opposition benches when the Tories were defeated in a motion of no confidence by an alliance of the opposition Liberal and New Democrats.
  • He remained in opposition until 1995, when the Tories returned to power under Mike Harris, who appointed Eves as his Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance.
  • Family tragedy and marital problems led to his resignation from the legislature in 2001. After a brief return to the private sector, Eves returned to politics when Harris resigned in 2002.
  • He won the party leadership and regained a seat in the legislature after winning a by-election in the central Ontario riding of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey.
  • His tenure as premier was short, as his party was defeated 16 months later in the 2003 election, which saw the PC party lose 35 of its 59 seats.
  • He resigned as leader in 2004 and retired from the legislature on January 31, 2005. In 2007, Eves was appointed as Chairman of Jacob Securities Inc., a Toronto-based financial services company.
  • He served in that position until July 2012.

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