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Born in Toronto, Davis was a lawyer before being elected as a Progressive Conservative member of provincial Parliament for Peel in the 1959 provincial election. He was a backbencher in the Conservative caucus until 1962, when he was appointed minister of education under John Robarts.
- Early Years and Education
- Minister of Education
- Premier of Ontario
- Retirement
- Personal Life
- Honours and Legacy
- Awards
Bill Davis was a product of small-town Ontario. Though Brampton is now merely a bedroom suburb of Toronto, when Davis was born it was a separate, small community where people took their politics seriously. Davis became involved in politics at age 15, after attending an annual meeting of the federal Progressive Conservative Party. Davis’s father, A....
In 1959, at the age of 29, Davis won election as Conservative MPP for Peel. In 1962, Premier John Robarts gave Davis the political hot potato of the Department of Education. (See also Education in Canada.) As minister, Davis presided over the most extraordinary period of change since Egerton Ryerson’s day. Universities such as Trent and Brockwere c...
Davis began to build a national reputation. In 1967, he was policy chairman at the Progressive Conservative Party’s national convention. He seemed the logical heir to Robarts. At a conventionin February 1971, Davis won the leadership by 44 votes on the fourth ballot. Ontario’s 18th premier, only 42 years old, came to power with a progressive (if ra...
In 1984, Davis and his party were unchallenged. It surprised many when he announced his resignation on 8 October 1984. He yielded the premiership to Frank Millerin February 1985. Under Miller, the PC’s 42-year reign of Ontario came to an end. Davis joined a Toronto law firm as senior counsel and served as Canada’s Special Envoy on Acid Rain. (See A...
Davis’s first wife, Helen, died in 1962 after a long battle with cancer. Davis raised their four children with his second wife, Kathleen, a childhood friend. He and Kathleen also had a daughter together.
Bill Davis was named a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1985. He received the Order of Ontario in 1987. In 2000, the new provincial courthouse in Bramptonwas named the A. Grenville & Bill Davis Courthouse, in honour of Davis and his father. Brampton awarded Davis a key to the City in 2019. Following Davis’s death from natural causes at age 92, P...
Member, Queen’s Privy Council of Canada(1982)Companion, Order of Canada(1985)Knight, l'Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur (France) (2001)People also ask
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Jul 30, 2019 · As education minister, in the 1960s, Davis extended public funding to Grade 10. There it remained for two decades. If Catholic students wanted to attend grades 11, 12, and 13 in the separate school system, they had to pay tuition to do so.
Aug 18, 2021 · Bill Davis, who as Ontario’s premier from 1971 to 1985 expanded the province’s education system, created an environmental ministry, imposed rent controls and was instrumental in striking a...
Jul 8, 2016 · As education minister for nearly a decade in the 1960s, he's the father of the community college system, five universities, TVO, and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
Oct 21, 2021 · After nearly a decade as Ontario’s education minister, Bill Davis led the Tories to four straight election wins, starting on this date in 1971. Written by Steve Paikin. Oct 21, 2021. Share. Bill Davis waves to the crowd after leading the first ballot during the Ontario PC leadership convention in Toronto on February 12, 1971. (Canadian Press)
Nov 4, 2021 · Often called Ontario's "education premier," he held the position from 1971 to 1985. Ford praised Davis for creating Ontario's college system, North America's first Ministry of Environment and...
