William Hodgson (Canadian politician)

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.

Bill Hodgson
Ontario MPP
In office 1967–1985
Preceded by	A. A. MacKenzie
Succeeded by	Greg Sorbara
Constituency	York North
Personal details
Born	(1912-03-18)March 18, 1912 Nobleton, Ontario
Died	October 27, 1988(1988-10-27) (aged 76) Kettleby, Ontario
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Spouse(s)	Eliza Barker
Children	4
Occupation	Dairy farmer
Portfolio	Deputy speaker (1974-1975)

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.[1]

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.[1]

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.[2] He was re-elected in 1971,[3] 1975,[4] 1977,[5] and 1981,[6] 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.[7]

He died of cancer in 1988.[1]

References

1. Moloney, Paul (October 28, 1988). "Former Tory MPP Bill Hodgson served riding for 18 years". Toronto Star. p. A30.
2. Canadian Press (October 18, 1967). "Tories win, but..." The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. B2. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
3. "Riding-by-riding returns in provincial election". The Globe and Mail. October 23, 1971. p. 10.
4. "Table of vote results for all Ontario ridings". The Globe and Mail. September 19, 1975. p. C12.
5. "Ontario provincial election results riding by riding". The Globe and Mail. June 10, 1977. p. D9.
6. Canadian Press (1981-03-20). "Winds of change, sea of security". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. p. 22. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
7. "Results of vote in Ontario election". The Globe and Mail. May 3, 1985. p. 13.

External links

• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history (archived)