Stan Darling (July 16, 1911 – April 11, 2004) was a Canadian politician.

History

Born in Callander, Ontario, Stan Darling moved to

Burk's Falls Burk's Falls is an incorporated village in the Almaguin Highlands region of Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada, located north of Toronto and south of North Bay, Ontario. The village, and the waterfall on the site, were named (for himself) by ...

and founded Stan Darling Insurance Inc. in 1938. He was elected to the Burk's Falls City Council in 1942. He was a councillor for 4 years and reeve for 26 years. In the 1953 federal election, he ran unsuccessfully as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the

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in the riding of Parry Sound—Muskoka. He was elected in the 1972 federal election. He was re-elected five more times in

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

, and

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

. His memoirs, ''The Darling diaries: Memoirs of a Political Career'' (Dundurn Press, ), written with Beth Slaney, was published in 1995. In 2000, he received the Distinguished Service Award from the

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, awarded to a former parliamentarian "who has made an outstanding contribution to the country and its democratic institutions."Distinguished Service Award
, Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians. Retrieved 2011-01-19.

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* 1911 births 2004 deaths Canadian diarists Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario People from Parry Sound District Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs 20th-century diarists {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MP-stub