Percy Vivian

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Reginald Percival Vivian
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Durham
In office
4 August 1943 – 27 April 1948
Preceded by
Succeeded byJohn Weir Foote
Member of Parliament
for Durham
In office
June 1957 – June 1962
Preceded byJohn Mason James
Succeeded byRussell Honey
Personal details
Born(1902-10-16)16 October 1902
Barrie, Ontario
Died30 January 1986(1986-01-30) (aged 83)
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Professionphysician, professor of medicine

Reginald Percival (Percy) Vivian (16 October 1902 – 30 January 1986) was a Canadian politician, physician and professor of medicine. He served as a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada.

Background[]

The son of Reginald Percy Vivian and Annie May Brodie, he was born in Barrie, Ontario. He was educated there and at the University of Toronto. In 1926, he married Judith Brewin.[1]

Politics[]

Vivian was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1943 for the Ontario Progressive Conservative party. From 1943 to 1946, he was Minister of Health and Public Welfare under Premier George A. Drew and remained a member of provincial Parliament until 1948, although he was chief of McGill University's Department of Health and Social Medicine in early 1947.[2]

Almost a decade after leaving Ontario politics, Vivian was elected to the House of Commons of Canada at the Durham riding in the 1957 general election. After winning a second term in the 1958 election, Vivian was defeated in the 1962 election by Russell Honey of the Liberal party.

Cabinet positions[]

Ontario provincial government of George A. Drew
Cabinet posts (2)
Predecessor Office Successor
Harold Kirby Minister of Health
1943–1946 		Russell Kelley
Farquhar Oliver Minister of Public Welfare
1943–1946 		Bill Goodfellow

Electoral record[]

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1962 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Liberal Russell Honey 7,971 44.16 +8.63
Progressive Conservative Percy Vivian 7,704 42.68 -13.28
New Democratic Eileen Coutts 2,217 12.28 +3.77
Social Credit Kenneth C. Toms 158 0.88
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1958 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Progressive Conservative Percy Vivian 9,732 55.96 +11.47
Liberal Russell C. Honey 6,178 35.53 -5.92
Co-operative Commonwealth Ernest Dent 1,480 8.51 -3.13
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1957 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%}
Progressive Conservative Percy Vivian 7,331 44.49 -0.48
Liberal John Mason James 6,829 41.45 -4.78
Co-operative Commonwealth Ernest Dent 1,918 11.64 +2.84
Social Credit Kenneth Toms 399 2.42

References[]

  1. ^ Normandin, A L (1944). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  2. ^ "Prospect of Health". Montreal: Royal Bank of Canada. February 1947. Retrieved 31 March 2009.

External links[]

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