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| | Frost, Leslie |
 | | The Honourable Leslie Miscampbell Frost, lawyer and Premier of Ontario, was born in Orillia, Ontario on September 20, 1895, the son of William Sword Frost and Margaret Jane Barker. |
 | | He was first elected to the legislature of Ontario in 1937, and he was consistently re-elected at each election until his retirement in 1963. |
 | | In 1949, Frost was chosen leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, and was sworn in as Premier and Provincial Treasurer on May 4, 1949. |
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