Wells and Davis were prominent supporters of Liberal Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau's plans to repatriate the Canadian Constitution, and were active in the negotiations that led to its adoption in 1982. Wells was re-elected with the largest plurality of his career in the 1981 election. Cabinet positions After politics On January 17, 1985, Davis appointed Wells as Ontario's agent-general in London, UK. Because of this appointment, he remained neutral in the Progressive Conservative Party's February 1985 leadership convention. He remained as agent-general until 1992, and then returned to Toronto. In 1992, he led Toronto's unsuccessful bid to host Expo '98. Wells died of cancer at Toronto's North York General Hospital in October 2000. Legacy On February 23, 2005, the Toronto District School Board passed a motion moved by Scarborough-Rouge River School Trustee Noah Ng supported by the local school community to name the first school constructed by the Toronto District School Board after Thomas Leonard Wells. Thomas L. Wells Public School opened its doors for Junior Kindergarten to Grade Eight students on September 6, 2005. The school itself was honoured with an award in December 2005 by Canadian Architect Magazine. A street within the Heathwood Community in Scarborough near the intersection of Birchmount Road and Sanwood Boulevard has been named after Thomas Leonard Wells. Ward 39, Scarborough-Agincourt City Councillor Mike Del Grande, recommended the name of Tom Wells Crescent for the new housing sub-division which was approved by Scarborough and Toronto City Council. References External links 1930 births 2000 deaths Members of the Executive Council of Ontario Members of the Order of Ontario Members of the United Church of Canada Politicians from Toronto Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs