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William Grenville Davis, PC, CC, OOnt, QC (July 30, 1929 – August 8, 2021) was a Canadian politician who served as the 18th premier of Ontario from 1971 to 1985. Behind Oliver Mowat, Davis was the second-longest serving premier of Ontario .
Aug 8, 2021 · TORONTO - Bill Davis, the 18th premier of Ontario and one of the country's longest-serving premiers, has died at 92. A statement from his family says Davis was surrounded by his relatives when...
Aug 8, 2021 · Bill Davis, the 18th premier of Ontario and one of the country’s longest-serving premiers, has died at 92. A statement from his family says Davis was surrounded by his relatives when he died...
Nov 4, 2021 · Former Ontario premier Bill Davis was remembered Thursday as a political giant, a beloved family man and a kind mentor to many public servants. Davis, the 18th premier of Ontario and one of the...
- 'He Leaves A Legacy Like Few Others'
- 'Highly Competitive Person'
- Credited with Creating Ontario's Community College System
- Brampton's 'Most Beloved Resident'
- 1981 Constitutional Accord Considered His Finest Achievement
- Retired from Politics in 1985
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was "deeply saddened" to hear of Davis's death. "He was a skilled statesman who set aside partisanship and worked with my father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, to bring forward concrete change and uphold our shared values, like diversity and human rights, through the creation of the Charter," Trudeau said in a statem...
Hailing from Brampton, William Grenville Davis's lifelong passion for politics began at age 15, when he attended a federal Conservative annual meeting. Davis attended Osgoode Hall Law School at York University and the University of Toronto, where the star high-school quarterback played football with future cabinet ministers Roy McMurtry and Thomas ...
Davis's career took off during his nine years in education — a time of massive change in Ontario schools — and he is credited with creating the province's community college system. In those days, Ontario's population was booming and education was a top-spending ministry, consuming about 40 per cent of the provincial budget. Davis became the first m...
Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown tweeted Sunday that Davis was his city's "most beloved resident ... Ontario's most successful premier and the definition of decency." Asked to explain his electoral success despite his dull image, Davis summed it up in two words: "Bland works." Aides said he loved the disguise. Beneath that facade was a tough and savvy ...
His government stopped the Spadina Expressway through Toronto, limited rent increases, lowered the drinking age to 18 from 21, curbed wage hikes for broader public servants and, during the economic downturn of the early 1980s, launched a massive infrastructure program. His policy choices sometimes created deep divisions within the party. There was ...
"But I take some credit for, in fact, having that final conference. And it worked." But Davis's support for another Pierre Trudeau-era proposal — the National Energy Program — angered his federal and western counterparts, and likely prevented him from seeking the federal Tory crown in 1983. He may have been a staunch federalist, but Davis was no sl...
Feb 18, 2008 · Known as “Brampton Billy” and as Ontario’s “education premier,” Bill Davis served as minister of education from 1962 to 1971 and as premier from 1971 to 1985.
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Aug 9, 2021 · The 18th Premier of Ontario, Bill Davis, passed away on Sunday morning, according to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He was 92.
