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Bill Davis. William Grenville Davis, PC, CC, OOnt, QC (July 30, 1929 – August 8, 2021) was a Canadian politician who served as the 18th premier of Ontario from 1971 to 1985. Behind Oliver Mowat, Davis was the second-longest serving premier of Ontario .
18 de ago. de 2021 · Bill Davis, who as Ontario’s premier from 1971 to 1985 expanded the province’s education system, created an environmental ministry, imposed rent controls and was instrumental in striking a...
9 de ago. de 2021 · The 18th Premier of Ontario, Bill Davis, passed away on Sunday morning, according to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He was 92.
William Davis, the 18th premier of Ontario and one of the country's longest-serving premiers, has died at 92. A statement from his family said Davis died in Brampton, Ont., on Sunday morning of...
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Bill Davis was a product of small-town Ontario. Though Brampton is now merely a bedroom suburb of Toronto, when Davis was born it was a separate, small community where people took their politics seriously. Davis became involved in politics at age 15, after attending an annual meeting of the federal Progressive Conservative Party. Davis’s father, A....
In 1959, at the age of 29, Davis won election as Conservative MPP for Peel. In 1962, Premier John Robarts gave Davis the political hot potato of the Department of Education. (See also Education in Canada.) As minister, Davis presided over the most extraordinary period of change since Egerton Ryerson’s day. Universities such as Trent and Brockwere c...
Davis began to build a national reputation. In 1967, he was policy chairman at the Progressive Conservative Party’s national convention. He seemed the logical heir to Robarts. At a conventionin February 1971, Davis won the leadership by 44 votes on the fourth ballot. Ontario’s 18th premier, only 42 years old, came to power with a progressive (if ra...
In 1984, Davis and his party were unchallenged. It surprised many when he announced his resignation on 8 October 1984. He yielded the premiership to Frank Millerin February 1985. Under Miller, the PC’s 42-year reign of Ontario came to an end. Davis joined a Toronto law firm as senior counsel and served as Canada’s Special Envoy on Acid Rain. (See A...
Davis’s first wife, Helen, died in 1962 after a long battle with cancer. Davis raised their four children with his second wife, Kathleen, a childhood friend. He and Kathleen also had a daughter together.
Bill Davis was named a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1985. He received the Order of Ontario in 1987. In 2000, the new provincial courthouse in Bramptonwas named the A. Grenville & Bill Davis Courthouse, in honour of Davis and his father. Brampton awarded Davis a key to the City in 2019. Following Davis’s death from natural causes at age 92, P...
Member, Queen’s Privy Council of Canada(1982)Companion, Order of Canada(1985)Knight, l'Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur (France) (2001)4 de nov. de 2021 · Davis, one of Canada's longest-serving premiers, died in August at 92. He was praised by Prime Minister Trudeau, Ontario Premier Ford and other public figures for his vision, kindness and humility.
8 de ago. de 2021 · TORONTO - Bill Davis, the 18th premier of Ontario and one of the country's longest-serving premiers, has died at 92. A statement from his family says Davis was surrounded by his...
