23 Facts About Dennis Timbrell

Dennis Roy Timbrell was born on November 13,1946 and is a politician in Ontario, Canada.

Dennis Timbrell was a member of Provincial Parliament from 1971 to 1987, and was a Cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller.

Dennis Timbrell's brother Robert was an actor and performer, better known by the stage name Rusty Ryan.

Dennis Timbrell worked as a teacher before entering provincial politics, and served as an alderman in North York from January 1970 until September 1,1972.

Dennis Timbrell contested 1971 provincial election as a candidate for the PCs, and won election in the Toronto constituency of Don Mills.

Dennis Timbrell was re-elected without difficulty in the campaigns of 1975,1977,1981 and 1985.

Dennis Timbrell became a minister without portfolio responsible for youth in the Davis government on February 26,1974, and was named as minister of energy on January 15,1975.

Dennis Timbrell positioned himself as a centre-right candidate, further to the right of Red Tory rivals Larry Grossman and Roy McMurtry, but not as far to the right as Frank Miller, and therefore the candidate best able to continue Davis' pragmatic, successful style of government.

Dennis Timbrell was the only candidate to favour eliminating rent controls during the campaign.

Dennis Timbrell's supporters included Keith Norton, Leo Bernier, Margaret Birch, Robert Eaton, Gordon Dean, Bob Welch and Norm Sterling.

Dennis Timbrell placed second on the first ballot, but was eliminated when he fell to third place on the second ballot, six votes behind Grossman who had the backing of McMurtry's campaign.

Dennis Timbrell reluctantly endorsed Grossman after the results were confirmed by a recount.

Dennis Timbrell however did not bring enough delegates on the third ballot and that resulted in Miller's victory.

Dennis Timbrell was retained in Miller's Cabinet as minister of municipal affairs and housing with responsibility for women's issues.

In opposition, Dennis Timbrell served as House leader of the Official Opposition and his party's critic for education and women's issues.

Dennis Timbrell did not seek re-election in 1987, as his two unsuccessful leadership bids had left him with a debt of $250,000.

Dennis Timbrell served as president of the Ontario Hospital Association from 1991 to 1995.

Dennis Timbrell has served as a director of various corporations, including Cabot Trust, Confederation Leasing, Confederation Trust, Ontario Blue Cross, United Telemanagement Corporation and Eco Power Solutions Inc.

From 2001 to 2005 Dennis Timbrell was engaged by the Ontario Ministry of Health to act as Supervisor of The Ottawa Hospital and then Investigator of The Niagara Health System and Hotel Dieu Hospital as well as Investigator of the Grand River and St Mary's Hospitals in Waterloo Region.

In Ottawa Dennis Timbrell oversaw the recruitment of a complete new Board of Governors, drawn from the vast region served by TOH; having dismissed the incumbent CEO of the Hospital, he appointed a new President from the ranks of the Senior Team and created the position of Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer.

All of the Hospitals for which Dennis Timbrell was Supervisor or Investigator have gone from strength to strength in the last twenty years.

Dennis Timbrell was originally appointed by a PC Government and successfully continued his roles with a Liberal Government.

In 2006, Toronto City Council voted to name the community recreation centre, aquatic centre, library and child care facility, located at 29 St Dennis Drive, Don Mills the "Dennis R Timbrell Resource Centre in Flemingdon Park".