[2] Birch became the first woman member of the conservative Albany Club of Toronto, proposed by the then premier, Bill Davis.
[4] The Margaret Birch Wing was opened at the Centenary Hospital in 1986, now part of the Rouge Valley Health System.
[12] In July 1983, she resigned from cabinet and assumed the role of Parliamentary assistant to Premier Bill Davis in charge of the 1984 Ontario Bicentennial celebration.
The initiative was driven by cost reduction and they would have increased the child/adult ratio in day cares, decreased standards in staff qualifications and training, and reduced fire and safety regulations.
As such, the 'super minister' had direct authority over the funding, policies and directions of the individual ministries under its jurisdiction and worked to coordinate policies and programs that previously conflicted across disparate ministries but with somewhat related responsibilities (e.g., health and home care, and social services and home care).
Birch endorsed Dennis Timbrell to succeed Davis as party leader in February 1985.