| Bert Leavens | |
| Office: | Ontario MPP |
| Term Start: | 1943 |
| Term End: | 1945 |
| Predecessor: | Goldwin Corlett Elgie |
| Successor: | Goldwin Corlett Elgie |
| Term Start2: | 1948 |
| Term End2: | 1951 |
| Predecessor2: | Goldwin Corlett Elgie |
| Successor2: | Harold Fishleigh |
| Constituency2: | Woodbine |
| Party: | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation |
| Birth Date: | 2 March 1886 |
| Birth Place: | Owen Sound, Ontario |
| Death Place: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation: | Union leader |
Bertram Elijah Leavens (March 2, 1886 – December 22, 1953) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a CCF member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1945 and 1948 to 1951. He represented the downtown Toronto riding of Woodbine.
The son of John Wesley Leavens and Elizabeth Haycroft, he was born in Owen Sound, Ontario.[1] [2]
Bertram married Myrtle May Leavens (nee Webb) on September 11, 1911 in Owen Sound, Ontario. They had 3 sons (William John (1912-1982), Bertram Elijah (1918-1918) and Charles Wesley (1920-1976)) and a daughter (Eva Lorraine (1914-1974)).
Leavens ran unsuccessfully for the Greenwood seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1935 and 1940 as a CCF candidate, losing both times to Denton Massey.[3]
In the 1943 provincial election, he ran as a CCF candidate in the downtown Toronto riding of Woodbine.[4]