12 Facts About Leslie Blackwell

Leslie Egerton Blackwell was a Canadian politician, soldier, lawyer, and land developer.

Leslie Blackwell was born in Lindsay, Ontario in 1897, but moved to Toronto when he was young.

Leslie Blackwell grew up and was educated in the Parkdale area of Toronto.

Leslie Blackwell joined the Canada Army as a private in 1916, during the First World War.

Leslie Blackwell was severely injured in the war, losing a leg during the Battle of Cambrai in 1918.

Leslie Blackwell came back to Canada and eventually graduated from the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall law school.

Leslie Blackwell ran again in Eglinton, and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1943 election that brought George Drew's Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario to power with a minority government.

Leslie Blackwell was immediately put into Drew's cabinet as Attorney General.

Leslie Blackwell did not join Frost's cabinet and served his remaining time as a backbencher in the legislature, and did not run in the 1951 election.

Leslie Blackwell went back to his private law practice and became involved in land development.

Leslie Blackwell was working on the Thorncliffe Park housing development, in Toronto, when he was hospitalized in early October 1959.

Leslie Blackwell finally succumbed to complications due to pneumonia on 20 October 1959.