Donald Ewen Explained

Don Ewen
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1971
Term End1:1975
Predecessor1:Ray Connell
Successor1:Eric Cunningham
Constituency1:Wentworth North
Term Start2:1963
Term End2:1967
Predecessor2:Raymond Clare Edwards
Successor2:Ian Deans
Constituency2:Wentworth
Party:Progressive Conservative
Birth Date:25 January 1922
Birth Place:Hamilton, Ontario
Death Place:Hamilton, Ontario

Donald William Ewen (January 25, 1922 – March 31, 2005) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 until 1967 in the riding of Wentworth and then from 1971 to 1975 in the riding of Wentworth North.

Background

Ewen was born in Hamilton, Ontario to Donald William Ewen (1897 - 1947) and Ida Brotherton (1901 - 2000). Ewen was an active Mason, having been initiated in the Seymour Lodge #272, Ancaster, Ontario, in 1949 and rising to the rank of Grand Worshipful Master, of that Lodge, in 1961. In 1975, he was the Grand Junior Deacon of the Grand Lodge of Canada. Ewen served as a public school board trustee in Ancaster, Ontario.[1]

Politics

He was elected in the general election in 1963.[2] He served as a backbench supporter of the John Robarts government. In 1967 he was defeated by New Democrat challenger Ian Deans by about 2,000 votes.[3] He was re-elected, in the adjacent riding of Wentworth North in 1971.[4] He was defeated in the 1975 general election and retired from political life.[5]

Ewen died in Hamilton, Ontario in 2005.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NDP hijinks sparks only excitement as campaigning fails to catch fire . Norman . Campbell . Ottawa Citizen . September 16, 1963.
  2. News: Canadian Press . 78 in Tory Blue Wave -- 23 Is All Grits Saved . The Windsor Star . September 26, 1963 . Windsor, Ontario . 25 . 2014-05-24.
  3. News: Canadian Press . Tories win, but... . The Windsor Star . October 18, 1967 . Windsor, Ontario . B2 . 2014-03-30.
  4. News: Riding-by-riding returns in provincial election . The Globe and Mail . October 23, 1971 . 10.
  5. News: Table of vote results for all Ontario ridings . The Globe and Mail . September 19, 1975 . C12.