Dana Porter

Dana Porter
Attorney General of Ontario
In office
1949–1955
Premier Leslie Frost
Preceded by Leslie Blackwell
Succeeded by Kelso Roberts
Treasurer of Ontario
In office
1955–1959
Premier Leslie Frost
Preceded by Leslie Frost
Succeeded by Leslie Frost
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 May 13, 1967(1967-05-13) (aged 66)
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.

Academic offices
Preceded by
New position
Chancellor of the University of Waterloo
1960–1966
Succeeded by
Ira G. Needles
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