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Ernest Larry Eves (born June 17, 1946) is a former Canadian politician who served as the 23rd Premier of Ontario from 2002 to 2003. He took over as Premier in 2002 when Mike Harris resigned as leader but was defeated in the 2003 election by the Liberals under Dalton McGuinty. Eves was born in Windsor, Ontario to a working-class family. He studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School and practised law in his own firm called Green & Eves. He was elected in the northern Ontario riding of Parry Sound in 1981 by a margin of six votes but retained the seat for 20 years. He served briefly as a cabinet minister in the short-lived government of Frank Miller in 1985 but was consigned to the opposition benches when the Tories were defeated in a motion of no confidence by an alliance of the opposition Liberal and New Democrats. He remained in opposition until 1995 when the Tories returned to power under Mike Harris. Harris appointed Eves as his Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance. Family tragedy and marital problems led to his resignation from the legislature in 2001. After a brief return to the private sector, he returned to politics when Harris resigned in 2002. He won the party leadership and regained a seat in the legislature after winning a by-election in the central Ontario riding of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey. His tenure as premier was short when he was defeated 16 months later in the 2003 election which saw his party lose 35 of 59 seats. A sense of widespread dissatisfaction with the governing Tories led to their defeat. Eves could not redeem his party's fortunes that still suffered under the long shadow cast by Harris. He resigned as leader in 2004 and retired from the legislature for a second time on January 31, 2005. In 2007 he was appointed as Chairman of Jacob Securities Inc., a Toronto-based financial services company. He served in that position until July 2012. ==Beginnings== Eves was born into a working-class family in Windsor, Ontario, in 1946, the son of Julie (née Hawrelechko) and Harry Louis Eves, a factory worker.〔http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99375990.html〕 His maternal grandparents were Ukrainian.〔http://newsdurhamregion.com/article/57080〕 As a teenager, Eves moved with his family to the central Ontario town of Parry Sound. Eves went to Osgoode Hall Law School, was called to the bar in 1972, and practiced with the firm of ''Green and Eves''. In 1981, he ran for provincial parliament in the riding of Parry Sound. He defeated Liberal candidate Richard Thomas by only six votes (leading to the nickname "Landslide Ernie") but went on to keep the seat for twenty years. Eves was a cabinet minister in the short-lived government of Frank Miller, serving as Provincial Secretary for Resources Development from February 8 to March 22, 1985, Minister of Skills Development from March 22 to May 17, 1985, and Minister of Community and Social Services from May 17 to June 26, 1985. As Minister of Skills Development, Eves was also the minister responsible for Native Affairs. In this capacity, he made history in 1985 by proclaiming Ontario as favouring native self-government. He left cabinet on the defeat of the Miller ministry in the legislature, and served as an opposition Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) until the Progressive Conservatives returned to power in 1995. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ernie Eves」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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