Percy Vivian Explained

Reginald Percival Vivian
Birth Date:16 October 1902
Birth Place:Barrie, Ontario
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Durham
Term Start:4 August 1943
Term End:27 April 1948
Predecessor:Cecil Mercer
Successor:John Weir Foote
Riding2:Durham
Term Start2:June 1957
Term End2:June 1962
Predecessor2:John Mason James
Successor2:Russell Honey
Profession:Physician, professor of medicine
Party:Progressive Conservative

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Normandin, A L. Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1944 .
  2. Web site: Prospect of Health . 2009-03-31 . February 1947 . Montreal . .