J. Waldo Monteith

{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = J. Waldo Monteith | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|FCA|size=100%}} | image = Jay Waldo Monteith.jpg | caption = | office = Minister of Amateur Sport | prime_minister = John Diefenbaker | term_start = 29 September 1961 | term_end = 21 April 1963 | predecessor = ''Office Established'' | successor = Judy LaMarsh | office1 = Minister of National Health and Welfare | prime_minister1 = John Diefenbaker | term_start1 = 22 August 1957 | term_end1 = 21 April 1963 | predecessor1 = Alfred Johnson Brooks (Acting) | successor1 = Judy LaMarsh | riding2 = Perth<br />{{small|(Perth—Wilmot; 1970–1972)}} | parliament2 = Canadian | term_start2 = 10 August 1953 | term_end2 = 29 October 1972 | predecessor2 = James Corry | successor2 = William H. Jarvis | birth_name = Jay Waldo Monteith | birth_date = {{birth date|1903|06|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Stratford, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1981|12|19|1903|6|24|df=y}} | death_place = London, Ontario, Canada | spouse = {{marriage|Mary Strudley|1936}} | children = 3 | relations = Andrew Monteith (grandfather)<br> Joseph Dunsmore Monteith (father) | party = Progressive Conservative | alma_mater = Trinity College, Toronto | occupation = Chartered accountant | profession = }}

'''Jay Waldo Monteith''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|FCA}} (24 June 1903 – 19 December 1981) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Stratford, Ontario, he was the son of Joseph Dunsmore Monteith, an Ontario MPP and cabinet minister, and Allice Chowen. He graduated from the Trinity College, Toronto and became a chartered accountant in 1932. Monteith was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1953 Canadian federal election as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for the riding of Perth, Ontario. He was subsequently re-elected in 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, and 1968.

From 1957 to 1963, he served as Minister of National Health and Welfare. In 1961, he was appointed Canada’s first Minister of Amateur Sport, a position he held until 1963.

==References== * {{cite news|title=Jay Waldo Monteith Was in Diefenbaker cabinet|date=December 21, 1981|work=The Globe and Mail}} * [http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=103867&lang=eng Jay Waldo Monteith fonds], Library and Archives Canada.

==External links== * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=14524}}

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