Norman Andrew Davison (December 13, 1907 – June 28, 1990) was a politician in

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. He was a CCF and

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member of the

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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

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. In 1933 he married Murla Vernice Lunn in

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. Together they raised three children, two daughters and a son. He died at the age of 82 in Toronto on June 28, 1990.

Politics

He was elected as the

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MPP for Hamilton East in the 1959 Ontario election. He was re-elected in the 1963 provincial election for the

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which had been formed through the merger of the CCF and the labour movement. 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. He was succeeded by his son, Mike Davison, who held the riding in the 1975 and 1977 elections.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davison, Norman 1907 births 1990 deaths Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPPs 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs