In 1921 , Massey became president of his father 's business , Massey-Harris Co . He also pursued philanthropic interests , mostly in arts and education , such as his collection of paintings and sculpture through his Massey Foundation , which he established in 1918 . By the next year , UofT 's social and athletic facility was completed and dedicated to the memory of Massey 's grandfather , Hart Massey , as Hart House ; there , Massey participated as an amateur actor and director in the building 's theatre . In 1925 , finding himself unsuited to corporate life , he resigned from Massey-Harris . Later that year , on September 16 , he was appointed to the King 's Privy Council by Governor General the Viscount Byng of Vimy , and was also made a minister without portfolio in Mackenzie King 's Cabinet . He ran for the House of Commons in the riding of Durham in the 1925 federal election , but was defeated Though he thereafter resigned his cabinet post , Massey was still included in the Canadian delegation to the 1926 Imperial Conference , where was drafted the Balfour Declaration that would ultimately lead to vast constitutional changes in the role of the monarch and his viceroys throughout the former empire
1926 Imperial Conference
1926 Imperial Conference
Vincent Massey