Norman Davison
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{about||the Australian rules footballer|Norman Davison (footballer)|those of a similar name|Norman Davidson (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Norman Davison
| image =
| office1 = Ontario MPP
| term_start1 = 1967
| term_end1 = 1975
| predecessor1 = Ada Mary Pritchard
| successor1 = Mike Davison
| constituency1 = Hamilton Centre
| term_start2 = 1959
| term_end2 = 1967
| predecessor2 = Robert Ellsworth Elliott
| successor2 = Reg Gisborn
| constituency2 = Hamilton East
| party = CCF/New Democrat
| birth_date = {{birth date|1907|12|13}}
| birth_place = Everett, Ontario
| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|06|28|1907|12|13}}
| death_place = Hamilton, Ontario
| occupation = Machinist
| spouse = Murla Vernice Lunn
| children = 3
}}
Norman Andrew Davison (December 13, 1907 – June 28, 1990) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a CCF and New Democrat member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1959 to 1975, representing the riding of Hamilton East and Hamilton Centre.
Background
He was born in Everett, Ontario in 1907. He worked as a machinist. In 1933 he married Murla Vernice Lunn in Hamilton, Ontario. Together they raised three children, two daughters and a son.{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1974 |author=PG Normandin |date=1977 |page=760|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GF1LAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Davison,+norman+andrew%22}} He died at the age of 82 in Hamilton on June 28, 1990.{{cite news |title=Norm Davison sought social justice as MPP |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=July 1, 1990 |page=A6}}
Politics
He was elected as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPP for Hamilton East in the 1959 Ontario election.{{cite news |author=Canadian Press |title=Complete Results of Ontario Voting by Constituencies |newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen |date=June 12, 1959 |location=Ottawa |page=26 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Yh0yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d-QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6095%2C2812390}} He was re-elected in the 1963 provincial election for the Ontario New Democratic Party which had been formed through the merger of the CCF and the labour movement.{{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}} In 1967, he was elected to the riding of Hamilton Centre, representing it for two terms before leaving the legislature at the 1975 provincial election when he retired.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0Fs_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=11IMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4524,2466739&dq=norman-davison+hamilton&hl=en |title=Bidding a last farewell to Queen's Park |newspaper=Windsor Star |date=July 23, 1975 |page=12}} He was succeeded by his son, Mike Davison, who held the riding in the 1975 and 1977 elections.{{cite news |title=Everybody's baby |newspaper=Hamilton Spectator |date=June 23, 2000}}
References
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External links
- {{OntarioMPPbio|id=norman-andrew-davison}}
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Category:Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPPs
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario