Everett Lane Weaver (1901 - 1971) was a Canadian politician, who served on Toronto City Council and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.[1]
Everett Weaver | |
|---|---|
| Toronto City Councillor | |
| In office 1947–1950 Serving with Louis Shannon | |
| Preceded by | May Birchard |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Cornish and Beverley Sparling |
| Constituency | Ward 2, Cabbagetown-Rosedale |
| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1951–1955 | |
| Preceded by | William Dennison |
| Succeeded by | Henry Price |
| Constituency | St. David |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Everett Lane Weaver 1901 Hespeler, Ontario |
| Died | 1971 Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
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]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Legislator for Ontario city became judge". The Globe and Mail, April 14, 1971.
- ^ "Aldermanic Race Closest in Ward 2". The Globe and Mail, January 2, 1947.
- ^ "Six Candidates in Wide-Open Race for Ward 2". The Globe and Mail, December 20, 1949.
- ^ "Ontario Election Results by Ridings". The Globe and Mail, November 23, 1951.
- ^ "Fanny Hill Obscene, Judge Orders Forfeit Of 2,000 Seized Copies". The Globe and Mail, February 28, 1964.