Ian Thomas Strachan (1898–1964) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of St. George in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1943.
[2] He graduated from the University of Toronto Schools,[3] and served with the 1st Canadian Tank Battalion during World War I,[4] and later studied political science at the University of Toronto and law at Osgoode Hall Law School.
In 1936, he pledged to support Hepburn's then-controversial bill to extend funding to Roman Catholic separate schools in the province even if his support of the bill led to his defeat in the next election, on the grounds that equal funding for Roman Catholic education in the province was an important principle of religious rights.
[8] He served as whip until 1942, when he was dropped from the position after Gordon Daniel Conant succeeded Hepburn as Liberal leader and premier.
[4] He did not run for reelection in the 1943 election, instead accepting an appointment as registrar of deeds for the city of Toronto.