Everett Weaver Explained

Everett Weaver
Office1:Toronto City Councillor
Term Start1:1947
Term End1:1950
Predecessor1:May Birchard
Alongside1:Louis Shannon
Successor1:Joseph Cornish and Beverley Sparling
Constituency1:Ward 2, Cabbagetown-Rosedale
Office2:Ontario MPP
Term Start2:1951
Term End2:1955
Predecessor2:William Dennison
Successor2:Henry Price
Constituency2:St. David
Party:Progressive Conservative
Birth Date:1901
Birth Place:Hespeler, Ontario
Birth Name:Everett Lane Weaver
Death Date:1971
Death Place:Toronto, Ontario
Occupation:Lawyer

Everett Lane Weaver (1901 - 1971) was a Canadian politician, who served on Toronto City Council and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.[1]

A lawyer,[1] he was first elected to city council in the 1947 municipal election,[2] and served for three years as councillor for Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale).[3] He was elected to the provincial legislature in the 1951 election,[4] representing the district of St. David as a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. He served until 1955, and did not stand for re-election in the 1955 election.

He returned to his work as a lawyer, and was appointed as a county court judge in 1958.[1] As a judge, he was most noted for his ruling in a 1964 trial that the novel Fanny Hill was obscene under the Criminal Code.[5]

He died in 1971.[1]

Notes and References

  1. "Legislator for Ontario city became judge". The Globe and Mail, April 14, 1971.
  2. "Aldermanic Race Closest in Ward 2". The Globe and Mail, January 2, 1947.
  3. "Six Candidates in Wide-Open Race for Ward 2". The Globe and Mail, December 20, 1949.
  4. "Ontario Election Results by Ridings". The Globe and Mail, November 23, 1951.
  5. "Fanny Hill Obscene, Judge Orders Forfeit Of 2,000 Seized Copies". The Globe and Mail, February 28, 1964.