{{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mac Phillips | image = | caption = | office = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Ontario MPP]] | term_start = 1945 | term_end = 1963 | predecessor = [[Roland Patterson]] | successor = [[Eddie Sargent]] | constituency = [[Grey North (provincial electoral district)|Grey North]] | party = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1889|4|9}} | birth_place = [[Dundalk, Ontario]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1963|6|14|1898|12|9}} | death_place = [[Owen Sound, Ontario]] | spouse = Erla MacKay | children = 2 | occupation = Physician | allegiance = Canadian | branch = [[Royal Canadian Artillery]] | service_years = 1917-1918 | rank = | unit = 45th Battery | commands = | battles = | mawards = }}
'''Mackinnon "Mac" Phillips''' (December 9, 1898 – June 14, 1963) was a politician in [[Ontario]], Canada. He was a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] from 1945 to 1963 who represented the central Ontario riding of [[Grey North (provincial electoral district)|Grey North]]. He served as cabinet minister in the government of [[Leslie Frost]].
==Background== Phillips was born in Dundalk, Ontario. He served in [[World War I]] with the 45th battery of the [[Royal Canadian Artillery]]. He graduated from the [[University of Toronto]] and began work as a physician in the [[Owen Sound, Ontario]] area. In 1926, he married Erla MacKay of Fort William. Together they raised two children.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A11LAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Phillips,+Mackinnon%22 |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |author=P.G. Normandin |date=1965}}</ref><ref name=sorry>{{cite news |title=Sorry for Accident, Dr.Phillips Resigns |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=May 13, 1960 |page=1}}</ref> He died of a heart attack on June 14, 1963.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Dr. Mackinnon Phillips: Served Frost Cabinet As Health Minister |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=June 17, 1963 |page=3}}</ref>
==Politics== In the [[1945 Ontario general election|1945 provincial election]], Phillips ran as the PC candidate in the riding of [[Grey North (provincial electoral district)|Grey North]]. He defeated Liberal Roland Patterson by 592 votes.<ref name="1945 Election Results">{{cite news |author=Canadian Press |title=How Ontario Electors Voted in all 90 Ridings |newspaper=The Toronto Daily Star |date=June 5, 1945 |location=Toronto |page=5 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JbE7AAAAIBAJ&sjid=KisMAAAAIBAJ&pg=876%2C12828009}}</ref> He was re-elected four more times before his death in 1963. On August 8, 1950, Phillips was appointed as [[Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care|Minister of Health]] replacing [[Russell Temple Kelley|Russell Kelley]] who was in ill-health.<ref>{{cite news |title=Phillips Appointed Kelley Retained Without Portfolio |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=August 4, 1950 |page=5}}</ref> He stayed in this portfolio through much of the 1950s. He was responsible for helping to organize the Ontario Health Insurance Plan, instituting a program to certify nurse's assistants and laying the foundation for the province's mental health hospitals.<ref name=obit/> On December 22, 1958 he was shuffled to [[Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario|Provincial Secretary and Registrar]].<ref>{{cite news |title=4 New Ministers Are Included In 10 Ontario Cabinet Changes |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=December 23, 1958 |page=5}}</ref>
===Cabinet positions=== {{s-start}} {{Canadian cabinet member navigational box header |ministry=Leslie_Frost}} {{ministry box cabinet posts | post2preceded = [[George Harrison Dunbar|George Dunbar]] | post2 = [[Provincial Secretary and Registrar of Ontario|Provincial Secretary and Registrar]] | post2years = 1958-1960 | post2note = | post2followed = [[John Yaremko]]
| post1preceded = [[Russell Temple Kelley|Russell Kelley]] | post1 = [[Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care|Minister of Health]] | post1years = 1950-1958 | post1note = | post1followed = [[Matthew Dymond]] }} {{s-end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Ontario MPP biography|id=mackinnon-phillips}}
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