14 Facts About James Snow

James Wilfred Snow was a politician in Ontario, Canada.

James Snow was a Progressive Conservative Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1985 who represented the GTA ridings of Halton East and Oakville.

James Snow served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller.

James Snow was the son of Wilfred Oliver Snow and Margaret Florence Devlin.

James Snow worked as a farmer and a carpenter and he started his own business called Snow Construction Ltd.

James Snow served as a backbench supporter of premier John Robarts for the next four years.

James Snow was re-elected with a much increased majority in the 1971 election.

James Snow was promoted to Minister of Public Works and Minister of Government Services on February 2,1972.

James Snow was re-elected in the redistributed riding of Oakville, and was promoted to Minister of Transportation and Communications on October 7,1975.

James Snow claimed that it was needed to increase industrial development.

James Snow supported Frank Miller to succeed Davis as party leader in January 1985, and was retained in Miller's portfolio as a minister without portfolio responsible for Urban Transit.

James Snow self-published an autobiography after leaving political life, and purchased a golf course in Hornby, Ontario.

James Snow donated his family wheelchair van to the Lions Foundation of Canada in August 2005.

James Snow died on September 13,2008, of complications from diabetes.