January 5, 1953. It was on this date 68 years ago that Ontario lost a political legend, the truly larger-than-life Premier that was Mitch Hepburn.Mitch, as he liked to be called – more on that later – took power in Ontario at the height of the Great Depression. A northern Huey Long, one of his most famous and wildly popular acts was presiding over a public auction of all the limousines used by his Tory predecessors. And if that wasn't enough populism, he also sold off the Lt. Governor of Ontario's stately official residence in Toronto.A Liberal, Mitch was also known, once he arrived in the Premier's Office at the Ontario Legislature, for his famous battles with Mackenzie King.