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- John_Black_Aird abstract "John Black Aird, CC OOnt QC (May 5, 1923 – May 6, 1995) was the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada, from 1980 to 1985.Born in Toronto, Ontario, the grandson of Canadian financier Sir John Aird, John Black Aird was educated at Upper Canada College, Trinity College and Osgoode Hall Law School. He was a Brother at the Toronto Chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi. He practised law in Toronto and headed his own firm, Aird & Berlis LLP in 1974.Aird served as a director of several corporations.In 1958 Aird was appointed to the board of directors of Callaghan Mining.Aird later served as chairman of the board of Algoma Central Railway.During World War II, he served in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. In 1944, he married Lucille Housser. From 1964 to 1974, he served as a Liberal Senator. In 1971, he was Chairman of the Canada-United States Permanent Joint Board on Defence. From 1977 to 1985, he was Chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo.Aird was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada, and served as Lieutenant-Governor from 1980 to 1985. The main focus of his mandate was Ontarians with disabilities. He wrote a book, Loyalty in a Changing World, about the contemporary function of the Lieutenant Governor.He was lieutenant-governor when, shortly following the 1985 Ontario election, the Progressive Conservative minority government of Frank Miller was defeated by a motion of no confidence. The defeat occurred after an accord was reached between the David Peterson Liberals and Bob Rae's New Democratic Party to allow the Liberals to form a minority government for two years with NDP support despite the fact that the Liberals had slightly fewer seats than the Tories. Some media outlets, such as the conservative Toronto Sun, compared the matter to the King-Byng Affair and accused Aird of partisanship for asking Peterson to form a government rather than dissolving the legislature and calling a new election. The consensus among constitutional experts, however, is that Aird acted correctly as there had been an election only weeks before the government's defeat in the House, and as it was clear that Peterson had the support in the House to form a government.".
- John_Black_Aird activeYearsEndDate "1974-11-28".
- John_Black_Aird activeYearsEndDate "1985-09-20".
- John_Black_Aird activeYearsStartDate "1964-11-10".
- John_Black_Aird activeYearsStartDate "1980-09-15".
- John_Black_Aird birthDate "1923-05-05".
- John_Black_Aird birthPlace Toronto.
- John_Black_Aird birthYear "1923".
- John_Black_Aird deathDate "1995-05-06".
- John_Black_Aird deathPlace Ontario.
- John_Black_Aird deathPlace Toronto.
- John_Black_Aird deathYear "1995".
- John_Black_Aird monarch Elizabeth_II.
- John_Black_Aird office "Lieutenant Governor of Ontario".
- John_Black_Aird office "Senator from Ontario".
- John_Black_Aird orderInOffice "23rd".
- John_Black_Aird party Liberal_Party_of_Canada.
- John_Black_Aird profession Lawyer.
- John_Black_Aird successor Lincoln_Alexander.
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- John_Black_Aird accessdate "2010-05-24".
- John_Black_Aird after Maureen_Forrester.
- John_Black_Aird after Rose_Wolfe.
- John_Black_Aird before George_Ignatieff.
- John_Black_Aird before Paul_Joseph_James_Martin.
- John_Black_Aird birthDate "1923-05-05".
- John_Black_Aird birthPlace Toronto.
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- John_Black_Aird dateOfDeath "1995-05-06".
- John_Black_Aird deathDate "1995-05-06".
- John_Black_Aird deathPlace "Toronto, Ontario".
- John_Black_Aird governorGeneral Edward_Schreyer.
- John_Black_Aird governorGeneral Jeanne_Sauvé.
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- John_Black_Aird honorificPrefix "Captain The Honourable".
- John_Black_Aird honorificSuffix Order_of_Canada.
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- John_Black_Aird monarch Elizabeth_II.
- John_Black_Aird name "Aird, John Black".
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- John_Black_Aird nominator Lester_B._Pearson.
- John_Black_Aird office "Lieutenant Governor of Ontario".
- John_Black_Aird office "Senator from Ontario".
- John_Black_Aird order "23.0".
- John_Black_Aird party Liberal_Party_of_Canada.
- John_Black_Aird placeOfBirth Toronto.
- John_Black_Aird placeOfDeath "Toronto, Ontario".
- John_Black_Aird predecessor Pauline_Mills_McGibbon.
- John_Black_Aird premier Bill_Davis.
- John_Black_Aird premier David_Peterson.
- John_Black_Aird premier Frank_Miller_(politician).
- John_Black_Aird profession Lawyer.
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- John_Black_Aird spouse "Lucille Housser".
- John_Black_Aird successor Lincoln_Alexander.
- John_Black_Aird termEnd "1974-11-28".
- John_Black_Aird termEnd "1985-09-20".
- John_Black_Aird termStart "1964-11-10".
- John_Black_Aird termStart "1980-09-15".
- John_Black_Aird title "Chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University".
- John_Black_Aird title "Chancellor of the University of Toronto".
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- John_Black_Aird years "1977".
- John_Black_Aird years "1986".
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