Alfred David Simpson (born March 19, 1910 - September 11, 1965) was a

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in Ontario,

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. He served as

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Stratford, Ontario Stratford is a city on the Avon River (Ontario), Avon River within Perth County, Ontario, Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a 2021 Canadian census, 2021 population of 33,232 in a land area of . Stratford is the County seat, s ...

when the

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was founded in 1952-53 and encouraged Tom Patterson to pursue the idea further.

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* http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/CMSImages/d0/d0e3fe3d-9b00-4f6a-8d33-9fa2c787d793.pdf * http://www.stratfordcanada.ca/en/livehere/cemetery.asp {{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, David 1910 births 1965 deaths Mayors of Stratford, Ontario 20th-century mayors of places in Ontario