Henry John Cody

Henry John Cody CMG (December 6, 1868 – April 27, 1951) was a Canadian clergyman and President of the University of Toronto from 1932 to 1945 and Chancellor from 1944 to 1947.

Born in Embro, Ontario, the eldest son of Elijah Cody and Margaret Louisa Torrance, he attended Galt Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto.

He was ordained a Church of England priest in 1894 and later served in Toronto at St. Paul's, Bloor Street.

He was an Ontario MPP for Toronto Northeast — Seat A from 1918 to 1920 and was Minister of Education from 1918 to 1919.

[2] In 1917 he was appointed a member of the University of Toronto's board of governors, and from 1923 to 1932 served as Chairman.