Bill Goodfellow

William Arthur Goodfellow
MPP for Northumberland
In office
August 4, 1943  September 24, 1963
Preceded by Harold Norman Carr
Succeeded by Russell Daniel Rowe
Personal details
Born August 18, 1901
Brighton Township, Northumberland County, Ontario
Died May 10, 1983
Political party Progressive Conservative

William Arthur "Bill" Goodfellow (August 18, 1901 – May 10, 1983) was a Canadian politician, who represented Northumberland in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1963[1] as a Progressive Conservative member.

Provincial office

First elected in the general election in 1943, Goodfellow was re-elected in the general elections in 1945, 1948, 1951, 1955 and 1959. He served as member of the George A. Drew, Thomas Laird Kennedy, Leslie Frost and John Robarts majority Progressive Conservative governments. From 1943 to 1946, he served as a backbench member of the government, sitting on an average of six Standing Committees of the Legislative Assembly. On January 7, 1946, he was appointed as the Minister of Public Welfare, a position he held until August 17, 1955. From August 17, 1955 until November 1, 1956, he served as Minister of Municipal Affairs. For several months, he held two Ministerial positions as, on August 1, 1956, he was also appointed as the Minister of Agriculture. He kept that portfolio until November 8, 1961, at which time he was named as the Minister of Highways. On October 25, 1962, he gave up that position and served as Minister without portfolio until the end of his fifth term in office. In October 1963, Goodfellow retired from political life.

Background

Goodfellow was born on the family farm in Northumberland County, Ontario. He attended Warkworth High School and the Ontario Agricultural College. In 1922, he was elected as a Councillor in Brighton Township, later becoming Deputy-Reeve and then Reeve. On September 20, 1924, he married Dora Agusta Philp (June 24, 1903 – February 19, 1986) at the farm of the bride's parents in Colborne, Ontario. They had five children. in 1963, Goodfellow was remarried, this time to Barbara Calderwood (January 6, 1910 – 1993).[2]

He is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Brighton, Ontario.

References

  1. |Legislative Assembly records
  2. | Genealogical records

External links

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