Dennis Timbrell | |
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Ontario MPP | |
In office 1971–1987 |
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Preceded by | Stanley Randall |
Succeeded by | Murad Velshi |
Constituency | Don Mills |
Personal details | |
Born |
Kingston, Ontario |
November 13, 1946
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Occupation | Teacher |
Dennis Roy Timbrell (born November 13, 1946) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1987, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of William Davis and Frank Miller.
Timbrell was born in Kingston, Ontario and educated at Woburn Collegiate Institute in Scarborough, Ontario and York University in Toronto. His brother Robert was an actor and performer, better known by the stage name Rusty Ryan.
Timbrell worked as a teacher before entering provincial politics, and served as an alderman in North York from January 1970 until September 1, 1972.
Timbrell contested 1971 provincial election as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, and won election in the Toronto constituency of Don Mills. He was re-elected without difficulty in the campaigns of 1975,1977,1981 and 1985.
He became a minister without portfolio responsible for Youth in Davis's government on February 26, 1974, and was named as Minister of Energy on July 18, 1975. On February 3, 1977, he was promoted to Minister of Health. After serving in this high-profile position for five years, he became Ontario's Minister of Agriculture and Food on February 13, 1982.