J. Waldo Monteith

Jay Waldo Monteith PC FCA (24 June 1903 – 19 December 1981) was a Canadian politician.

The Honourable J. Waldo Monteith PC FCA
Minister of Amateur Sport
In office 29 September 1961 – 21 April 1963
Prime Minister	John Diefenbaker
Preceded by	Office Established
Succeeded by	Judy LaMarsh
Minister of National Health and Welfare
In office 22 August 1957 – 21 April 1963
Prime Minister	John Diefenbaker
Preceded by	Alfred Johnson Brooks (Acting)
Succeeded by	Judy LaMarsh
Member of Parliament for Perth (Perth—Wilmot; 1970–1972)
In office 10 August 1953 – 29 October 1972
Preceded by	James Corry
Succeeded by	William H. Jarvis
Personal details
Born	Jay Waldo Monteith (1903-06-24)24 June 1903 Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Died	19 December 1981(1981-12-19) (aged 78) London, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Spouse	Mary Strudley ​ (m. 1936)​
Relations	Andrew Monteith (grandfather) Joseph Dunsmore Monteith (father)
Children	3
Alma mater	Trinity College, Toronto
Occupation	Chartered accountant

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

• "Jay Waldo Monteith Was in Diefenbaker cabinet". The Globe and Mail. December 21, 1981.
• Jay Waldo Monteith fonds, Library and Archives Canada.

External links

• J. Waldo Monteith – Parliament of Canada biography