Editing David Croll (section)

==Provincial politics==
Croll won a seat in the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] as a [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) for [[Windsor—Walkerville (provincial electoral district)|Windsor—Walkerville]] in the [[1934 Ontario general election|1934 election]] that brought the Liberals to power under the leadership of [[Mitchell Hepburn]]. Croll became Canada's first [[Jewish]] [[cabinet (government)|cabinet]] minister when he became Minister of Public Welfare. He later also added the portfolios of Minister of Municipal Affairs and Minister of Labour. He and [[Attorney-General]] [[Arthur Roebuck]] broke with Hepburn over the Premier's opposition to the [[United Auto Workers]] strike against [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] in [[Oshawa]] in 1937, and resigned from cabinet saying "I would rather walk with the workers than ride with General Motors."  He remained a provincial Liberal backbencher until 1943, as well as serving again as Mayor of Windsor.