Bill Davis
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The Honourable Bill Davis |
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| 18th Premier of Ontario | |
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In office March 1, 1971 – February 8, 1985 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Lieutenant Governor |
William Ross Macdonald Pauline Mills McGibbon John Black Aird |
| Preceded by | John Robarts |
| Succeeded by | Frank Miller |
| Ontario MPP | |
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In office September 18, 1975 – May 2, 1985 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Bob Callahan |
| Constituency | Brampton |
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In office October 17, 1967 – September 18, 1975 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Peel North |
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In office June 11, 1959 – October 17, 1967 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Laird Kennedy |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Constituency | Peel |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
William Grenville Davis July 30, 1929 Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
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| Residence | Brampton, Ontario |
| Alma mater |
University of Toronto Osgoode Hall Law School |
William Grenville "Bill" Davis, PC CC OOnt QC (born July 30, 1929) was the 18th Premier of Ontario, Canada, from 1971 to 1985. Davis was first elected as the MPP for Peel in the 1959 provincial election where he was a backbencher in Leslie Frost's government. Under John Robarts, he was a cabinet minister overseeing the education portfolio. He succeeded Robarts as Premier of Ontario and held the position until resigning in 1985.
In a 2012 edition, the Institute for Research on Public Policy's magazine, Policy Options, named Davis the second-best Canadian premier of the last forty years, beaten only by Peter Lougheed.
Davis was born in Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, the son of Vera (Hewetson) and Albert Grenville Davis. His father was a successful local lawyer. He married twice, first to Helen MacPhee (b. 1931, m. 1955, d. 1962), with whom he had four children (Neil, Nancy, Cathy, Ian), before marrying Kathleen MacKay (m. 1962).
Davis was politically active from a young age. Local Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Gordon Graydon was a frequent guest at his parents' house, and Davis himself became the first delegate younger than seventeen years to attend a national Progressive Conservative convention in Canada. He frequently campaigned for local Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Thomas Laird Kennedy, who briefly served as Premier of Ontario in 1949.
He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1951 and attended Osgoode Hall Law School. Davis was a football player during his university years, and his teammates included Roy McMurtry and Thomas Leonard Wells, both of whom would later serve in his cabinet.
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