Donald Ewen
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Don Ewen
| image =
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| office1 = Ontario MPP
| term_start1 = 1971
| term_end1 = 1975
| predecessor1 = Ray Connell
| successor1 = Eric Cunningham
| constituency1 = Wentworth North
| term_start2 = 1963
| term_end2 = 1967
| predecessor2 = Raymond Clare Edwards
| successor2 = Ian Deans
| constituency2 = Wentworth
| party = Progressive Conservative
| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|1|25}}
| birth_place = Hamilton, Ontario
| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|3|31|1922|1|25}}
| death_place = Hamilton, Ontario
| profession =
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Donald William Ewen (January 25, 1922 – March 31, 2005) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 until 1967 in the riding of Wentworth and then from 1971 to 1975 in the riding of Wentworth North.
Background
Ewen was born in Hamilton, Ontario to Donald William Ewen (1897 - 1947) and Ida Brotherton (1901 - 2000). Ewen was an active Mason, having been initiated in the Seymour Lodge #272, Ancaster, Ontario, in 1949 and rising to the rank of Grand Worshipful Master, of that Lodge, in 1961. In 1975, he was the Grand Junior Deacon of the Grand Lodge of Canada. Ewen served as a public school board trustee in Ancaster, Ontario.{{cite web |title=NDP hijinks sparks only excitement as campaigning fails to catch fire |first=Norman |last=Campbell |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19630916&id=vaIyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-OwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6872,4130518 |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=September 16, 1963}}
Politics
He was elected in the general election in 1963.{{cite news |author=Canadian Press |title=78 in Tory Blue Wave -- 23 Is All Grits Saved |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=September 26, 1963 |location=Windsor, Ontario |page=25 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QDM_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=T1EMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6134%2C3886120|accessdate=2014-05-24}} He served as a backbench supporter of the John Robarts government. In 1967 he was defeated by New Democrat challenger Ian Deans by about 2,000 votes.{{cite news |author=Canadian Press |title=Tories win, but... |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=October 18, 1967 |location=Windsor, Ontario |page=B2 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TDM_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=VVEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3673%2C2835192 |accessdate=2014-03-30}} He was re-elected, in the adjacent riding of Wentworth North in 1971.{{cite news |title=Riding-by-riding returns in provincial election |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=October 23, 1971 |page=10}} He was defeated in the 1975 general election and retired from political life.{{cite news |title=Table of vote results for all Ontario ridings |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=September 19, 1975 |page=C12}}
Ewen died in Hamilton, Ontario in 2005.
References
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External links
- {{OntarioMPPbio|id=donald-william-ewen}}
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Category:Politicians from Hamilton, Ontario
Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario