William Hodgson (Canadian politician)
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bill Hodgson
| image =
| caption =
| office = Ontario MPP
| term_start = 1967
| term_end = 1985
| predecessor = A. A. MacKenzie
| successor = Greg Sorbara
| constituency = York North
| party = Progressive Conservative
| portfolio = Deputy speaker (1974-1975)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|03|18}}
| birth_place = Nobleton, Ontario
| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|10|27|1912|03|18}}
| death_place = Kettleby, Ontario
| occupation = Dairy farmer
| spouse = Eliza Barker
| children = 4
}}
William Marshall Chamberlain Hodgson (March 18, 1912 – October 27, 1988) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1985, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
Background
Hodgson was born in Nobleton, Ontario to a family of seven children. He was educated at Bolton and worked as a dairy farmer. He and his wife Eliza raised four children, two sons and two daughters.{{cite news |title=Former Tory MPP Bill Hodgson served riding for 18 years |first=Paul |last=Moloney |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=October 28, 1988 |page=A30}}
Politics
He won election to the King Township school board in 1946, and later served as councillor, deputy reeve and reeve of the community from 1949 to 1962. He also served as warden of York County in 1959, and was chair of the King Township planning board from 1963 to 1967.
He was elected to York North riding in the Ontario legislature in the 1967 provincial election, defeating Liberal candidate Tom Taylor by 2,127 votes in York North.{{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 1971,{{cite news |title=Riding-by-riding returns in provincial election |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=October 23, 1971 |page=10}} 1975,{{cite news |title=Table of vote results for all Ontario ridings |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=September 19, 1975 |page=C12}} 1977,{{cite news |title=Ontario provincial election results riding by riding |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=June 10, 1977 |page=D9}} and 1981,{{cite news|author=Canadian Press |title=Winds of change, sea of security |newspaper=The Windsor Star |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NtYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QlIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1444%2C1388326 |date=1981-03-20 |location=Windsor, Ontario |page=22 |accessdate=2014-04-01}} and served as a backbench supporter of the John Robarts, William Davis and Frank Miller administrations. Hodgson was defeated in the 1985 election, losing to Liberal Greg Sorbara by 4,095 votes.{{cite news |title=Results of vote in Ontario election |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=May 3, 1985 |page=13}}
Death
He died of cancer in 1988.
References
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External links
- {{OntarioMPPbio|id=william-marshall-chamberlain-hodgson}}
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