Dana Porter

Dana Porter
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MPP for St. George
In office 1943–1958
Preceded by	Ian Strachan
Succeeded by	Allan Lawrence
Personal details
Born	(1901-01-14)January 14, 1901 Toronto, Ontario
Died
Political party	Conservative
Profession	Lawyer, judge

Dana Harris Porter (January 14, 1901 – May 13, 1967) was a Canadian politician and jurist.

After graduating from the University of Toronto in 1921, Porter went to England to continue his studies at Balliol College, Oxford from which he graduated with a Master's degree in 1923. He returned to Toronto where he was called to the bar, and joined the firm of Fennel, Porter & Davis.

Porter entered politics winning a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the downtown Toronto riding of St. George in the 1943 provincial election that brought the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario to power.

In 1958, Porter left politics to accept an appointment as Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal. He made a notable ruling in 1964, lifting a ban on the book Fanny Hill.

Dana Porter's son, Julian Porter, is a Canadian copyright and libel lawyer who ran unsuccessfully in the 1985 provincial election as a Progressive Conservative in the same riding formerly represented by his father.

External links

• Ontario Legislative Assembly Parliamentarian History

Political offices
Preceded by Leslie Frost	Treasurer of Ontario 1955–1958	Succeeded by Leslie Frost
Academic offices
Preceded by New position	Chancellor of the University of Waterloo 1960–1966	Succeeded by Ira G. Needles