Bill 51 2008
To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario;
We, the undersigned ask the Legislative Assembly
of Ontario to pass Bill 51.
Bill 51 would proclaim a Peace Officers’
Memorial Day in Ontario, on the third Sunday of
September each year, and erect a Peace Officers’
Memorial on or adjacent to Queen’s Park.
This Memorial would remember the many Peace
Officers, from many Ontario Ministries, who have
died in the ‘Line of Duty’ performing their
sworn duties.
The families, friends, colleagues, and public
have lost these Peace Officers, who paid the
ultimate price, doing their duty, for more than
140 years.
This petition will run until 31 May 2008.
John Hosegrove, Ron Demerchant and
Liberal M.P.P. Dave Levac |
Louis Demerchant, Scott Roberts,
Jose Hosegrove, Liberal M.P.P. Dave Levac, Ron
Demerchant, Marylee Finkle, Toby Finkle and Kir
White |
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Ron Demerchant,
P.C. M.P.P. John Yakabuski, John Hosegrove |
An Act to proclaim Peace Officers' Memorial Day and to
honour peace officers who have died in the line of duty
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as
follows:
Definition
1. In this Act,
"peace officer" includes,
(a) a sheriff, deputy sheriff, sheriff's officer and a court
bailiff,
(b) a justice of the peace,
(c) an employee in a ministry of the Government of Ontario,
appointed under Part III of the Public Service Act of
Ontario, 2006 or any predecessor of that Act, whose duties
include maintaining the public peace,
(d) any person employed to maintain the public peace.
Peace Officers' Memorial Day
2. The third Sunday in September in each year is proclaimed
Peace Officers' Memorial Day.
Peace Officers' Memorial
3. A memorial shall be established in or adjacent to the
legislative precincts of the Legislative Assembly to honour
the memory of peace officers who have died in the line of
duty.
Role of Board of Internal Economy
4. (1) The Board of Internal Economy of the Legislative
Assembly shall take such actions as it considers appropriate
to establish and provide for the maintenance of the peace
officers' memorial, including consulting with experts in the
design of memorials.
Delegation of functions
(2) The Board may delegate its functions to a committee of
the Legislative Assembly made up of such members of the
Assembly as may be named by the Board.
Report
5. (1) The Board of Internal Economy or the committee, if
any, to whom its functions have been delegated shall report
back to the Legislative Assembly within six months after the
coming into force of this Act or, if the Assembly is not in
session at the end of that period, then at the first
opportunity thereafter.
Contents
(2) The report shall recommend a site for the memorial, make
design recommendations and contain an estimate of the costs
and may make such recommendations as the Board or committee
considers appropriate.
Role of Ontario Peace Officers' Memorial Association
6. The names of the peace officers to be inscribed on the
memorial shall be determined by the Ontario Peace Officers'
Memorial Association.
Commencement
7. This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal
Assent.
Short title
8. The short title of this Act is the
Peace Officers' Memorial
Day and Memorial Act, 2008 .
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Bill establishes the third Sunday in September in each
year as Peace Officers' Memorial Day. The Bill also requires
that a memorial be established in or adjacent to the
legislative precincts of the Legislative Assembly to honour
the memory of peace officers who have died in the line of
duty.
CLICK ON PHOTO FOR STORY
Corrections Peace Officers
John Rutledge
15 Jan 1888
Central Prison
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Carpenter John (Jack) Leybourne
28 Aug 1912
Ontario Reformatory, Guelph |
Guard Robert E. Coxford
29 Nov 1914
Renfrew County Jail, Pembroke |
Head Turnkey Arthur Awty
29 Nov 1919
Wentworth County Jail, Hamilton
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Asst. Superintendent Norman James Agnew
27 Oct 1921
Ontario Reformatory, Guelph
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Matron Margaret Ann Mick
25 May 1925
Toronto Municipal Jail Farm for Women, Concord
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Guard Kearwood (Kip) White
25 Dec 1941
Huron County Jail, Goderich
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Guard Robert Henry Canning
10 June 1944
Toronto 'Don' Jail |
Correctional Officer Ira Sefton Smith
16 Jan 1959
Industrial Farm, Burwash (Sudbury)
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Charles Oxby
07 Jun 1960
I.F., Burwash |
Howard Scott
09 Mar 1973
Orangeville Jail
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Correctional Officer Daniel Lennon
25 Feb 1991
Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre
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Alex Finkle
26 Aug 2000
Brantford Jail
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Ministry of Transportation Peace Officers
Department of Highways Traffic Officers were transferred to
the O.P.P. in March 1930.
Ministry of Natural Resources Peace Officers
Game
Warden John Billings
08
Jan 1926
Dept.
of Game& Fisheries, Whitney
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Game
Warden Otto Jordi
01
Jan 1940
Dept.
of Game & Fisheries, Port Arthur
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Game
Warden Wilf Faubert
01
Mar 1945
Dept.
of Game & Fisheries, Minaki
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Conservation Officer Lee Branscombe
01
Nov 1955
Dept.
of Lands & Forests, Killarney
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Deputy Warden Jim Noble
01
Nov 1955
Dept.
of Lands & Forest, Killarney
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Conservation Officer William Munro
15
Dec 1964
Dept
of Lands & Forests, Orangeville
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Conservation Officer Carl Liddle
01
Oct 1965
Dept.
of Lands & Forests, Orangeville
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Conservation Officer Bob Guenther
01
Oct 1965
Dept.
of Lands & Forests, Orangeville
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Conservation Officer Al Comfort
01
Jawn 1967
Dept.
of Lands & Forests, Shipsands Island
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Conservation Officer Kent Bibby
1974
Ministry of Natural Resources, Ignace
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Conservation Officer Henry Kujala
05
Oct 1987
Ministry of Natural Resources, Parry Sound
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Park
Warden Deidre J. Dunsford
26
Jan 2001
Ministry of Natural Resources,
Algonquin Park
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Conservation Officer Walter Ceolin
21
Jan 2003
Ministry of Natural Resources,
Sault
Ste Marie
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Conservation Officer Bob Prashaw
19
Aug 2004
Ministry of Natural Resources, Fonthill
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ONTARIO PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL
ASSOCIATION NEWS
Ontario Peace
Officer Pins are again available for purchase. This is currently the
sole source of funding for the Memorial Project. The pins are $5.00
each, and you can contact me to get them at;
swroberts@sympatico.ca
Updates;
On Monday 28
January I made a 1/2 hour visit to the Guelph constituency office of
MPP Liz Sandals. The purpose was to promote the Ontario Peace
Officers' Memorial Project. The meeting went well.
On Tuesday 29
January myself and Pres. John Hosegrove went to the headquarters in
Toronto of the Ministry of Community Safety & Correctional Services.
A working meeting was held in Dave Levac's office on wording in the
upcoming Memorial Bill. We then met briefly with Deputy Minister
Debbie Newman, and then Corrections Commissioner Arnold Galet. The
trip was a good one.
Pres John Hosegrove and Deputy Minister Debbie Newman |
L to R-Pres John Hosegrove, Corrections Commissioner
Arnold Galet, Kevin Cowie and Steve Small |
More trips to
other Ministry offices and MPPs are being scheduled.
The Ontario
Legislature begins sitting again on the 25th of February. The
Bill to establish an Ontario Peace Officers' Memorial will again be
introduced and the project will continue. During the hiatus
since the October election, I have been researching Correctional
Officers names that I have been given and there are now four more
names of Correctional Officers on the Ontario Peace Officers'
Memorial list of Correctional Officers that have died in the Line of
Duty.
1. Guard
John Rutledge - 15th of January, 1888 - Central Prison, Toronto
2. Guard
Charles H. Oxby - 7th of June, 1960 - Industrial Farm, Burwash
3.
Correctional Officer Howard Scott - 09 March 1973 - Orangeville Jail
4.
Lieutenant Alexander E. Finkle - 26th of August, 2000 - Brantford
Jail
I have been
looking for groups of Peace Officers around Ontario. I have
found Peace Officers in a number of Ministries; Corrections, Natural
Resources, Transportation, Environment, Agriculture and Foods, Youth
Services, Probation and Parole, and the Legislature Protective
Services so far.
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Probation & Parole |
Legislative Security |
The President is Lieutenant John
Hosegrove
E-mail - bigredtruck@hotmail.com
The OPOMA mailing address
is:
OPOMA
25 Brown Street
PO Box
211
Milton, ON, L9T 4N9 |
