Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
Fond farewell: Just a short two weeks ago Premier William Davis was feted at the Progressive Conservative leadership convention for his years of service to the party and the province
Fond farewell: Just a short two weeks ago Premier William Davis was feted at the Progressive Conservative leadership convention for his years of service to the party and the province

Fond farewell: Just a short two weeks ago Premier William Davis was feted at the Progressive Conservative leadership convention for his years of service to the party and the province

Date1/24/1985
Names
(photographer)
FormatPicture
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Fond farewell: Just a short two weeks ago Premier William Davis was feted at the Progressive Conservative leadership convention for his years of service to the party and the province.
Subject
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
    Medium
    Photographs
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0042604F
      Seeking the leadership of Progressive Conservative party, Flora MacDonald was flanked by two influential supporters last night at the convention in Ottawa: New Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield (left) and Toronto Mayor David Crombie (almost hidden)
      Seeking the leadership of Progressive Conservative party, Flora MacDonald was flanked by two influential supporters last night at the convention in Ottawa: New Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield (left) and Toronto Mayor David Crombie (almost hidden)
      Griffin, Doug
      2/20/1976
      Premier William Davis, leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, walks with his whife, Kathleen, from their car to the polling station in (...)
      Premier William Davis, leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, walks with his whife, Kathleen, from their car to the polling station in (...)
      Davis, Kathleen
      10/21/1971
      Candidates' wives at the Progressive Conservative leadership convention gave no sign of fatigue after their weeks of campaigning alongside their husba(...)
      Candidates' wives at the Progressive Conservative leadership convention gave no sign of fatigue after their weeks of campaigning alongside their husba(...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      2/11/1971
      Jim Gillies, Progressive Conservative party candidate in the riding of Don Valley, is joined by Premier William Davis (left) and Gillies' wife, Betsy,(...)
      Jim Gillies, Progressive Conservative party candidate in the riding of Don Valley, is joined by Premier William Davis (left) and Gillies' wife, Betsy,(...)
      Bull, Ron
      10/1/1972
      Talking with delegates to next week's Ontario Conservative party convention, leadership candidate Darcy McKeough (left), municipal affairs minister, s(...)
      Talking with delegates to next week's Ontario Conservative party convention, leadership candidate Darcy McKeough (left), municipal affairs minister, s(...)
      Griffin, Doug
      2/3/1971
      Engineer wins our fifth prize, Twenty years ago, a San Francisco professor told Dan Mackie, this week's Sunday Star short story winner, that he could write if he just put his mind to it
      Engineer wins our fifth prize, Twenty years ago, a San Francisco professor told Dan Mackie, this week's Sunday Star short story winner, that he could write if he just put his mind to it
      Bock, Tony
      11/3/1982
      School trustee in York township 42 years, Frank Oke, 75, was feted last night at dinner at the York South Progressive Conservative Association.
      School trustee in York township 42 years, Frank Oke, 75, was feted last night at dinner at the York South Progressive Conservative Association.
      Darrell, Dick
      11/3/1970
      'No show': Media claims that William Davis was the only qualified candidate for national Progressive Conservative leadership downgrade other contestants, reader says
      'No show': Media claims that William Davis was the only qualified candidate for national Progressive Conservative leadership downgrade other contestants, reader says
      Bull, Ron
      4/25/1983
      Triumphant family of Ontario's new premier designate William Davis crowd around him as his fourth-ballot win at leadership convention is announced las(...)
      Triumphant family of Ontario's new premier designate William Davis crowd around him as his fourth-ballot win at leadership convention is announced las(...)
      Davis, William G.
      2/13/1971
      William Davis, Ontario's education minister, has been groomed to become premier of the province since he was 13 years old. One opposition critic says he's the Conservatives' most able politican
      William Davis, Ontario's education minister, has been groomed to become premier of the province since he was 13 years old. One opposition critic says he's the Conservatives' most able politican
      Davis, William G.
      12/22/1970
      There is little doubt in Conservative circles that Premier William Davis intends to remain at helm of the party for at least an additional couple of years
      There is little doubt in Conservative circles that Premier William Davis intends to remain at helm of the party for at least an additional couple of years
      Davis, William G.
      7/3/1978
      Emotional moment: Joe Clark and wife Maureen McTeer at the 1983 Progressive Conservative national party convention in Winnipeg where close to one-third of delegates voted against Clark's leadership
      Emotional moment: Joe Clark and wife Maureen McTeer at the 1983 Progressive Conservative national party convention in Winnipeg where close to one-third of delegates voted against Clark's leadership
      Clark, Joe, 1939-
      11/28/1986