Percy Vivian
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.
Reginald Percival Vivian | |
|---|---|
 Vivian, c. 1957 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Durham | |
| In office 4 August 1943 – 27 April 1948 | |
| Preceded by | Cecil Mercer |
| Succeeded by | John Weir Foote |
| Member of Parliament for Durham | |
| In office June 1957 – June 1962 | |
| Preceded by | John Mason James |
| Succeeded by | Russell Honey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 October 1902 Barrie, Ontario |
| Died | 30 January 1986 (aged 83) |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Profession | Physician, professor of medicine |
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.
Electoral record
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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
- Normandin, A L (1944). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
- "Prospect of Health". Montreal: Royal Bank of Canada. February 1947. Retrieved 31 March 2009.