'''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. He joined the Cabinet of Ontario Premer George_Drew as Minister of Planning and Development in 1944. In 1947, he instituted an airlift of 10,000 British immigrants to the province over the objections of the federal government. In 1948, he was appointed Minister of Education and Provincial_Secretary. When Drew left provincial politics to take the leadership of the Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada, Porter ran to succeed him as provincial leader, but won only 65 votes in the 1949 provincial Tory leadership convention. He lost to Leslie_Frost. Porter remained in the education portfolio until 1951, but also served as Attorney-General beginning in 1949. In 1950, he introduced a bill to legalize the playing of professional sports on Sundays in Ontario. He remained Attorney-General until 1955, when he became Treasurer (Minister of Finance). 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''. He is also known for a ruling in which the court refused to review the murder conviction of Steven_Truscott. From 1961 until 1964, he was head of the Royal_Commission on Banking and Finance. He also served as the first Chancellor of the University_of_Waterloo beginning in 1960. The university's Dana Porter Library is named after him. Dana Porter's son, Julian_Porter, is a prominent 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. The younger Porter was defeated by Ian_Scott, who held Dana Porter's former position of Attorney-General of Ontario. Porter, Dana Porter, Dana Porter, Dana Porter, Dana Porter, Dana Porter, Dana Porter, Dana