Keith Douglas Davey,
OC (April 21, 1926 — January 17, 2011) was a
Canadian politician, Senator, and campaign organizer.
Born in
Toronto to Charles Minto Davey (Toronto Star Production Manager) and Grace Viola (née Curtis), Keith Davey attended high school at
North Toronto Collegiate Institute. Davey graduated with a
BA from the
University of Toronto in 1949.
Career
Davey became a Sales Manager for
CKFH, a Toronto radio station from 1949 to 1960. In 1960 he entered politics as a campaign organizer for his home riding of
Eglinton and was appointed National Campaign Director of the
Liberal Party of Canada in 1961,
1962,
1963 and
1965.
In 1966, Davey served briefly as
commissioner of the
Canadian Football League. He was appointed to the
Canadian Senate by
Lester Pearson in 1966. He resigned in 1996.
Other
Davey was portrayed on an episode of
King of Kensington as Senator Keith Davis on the episode titled
Mr. King Goes to Ottawa; he was portrayed by actor
Ken James.
He was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada in 1999.
In 1986, Davey published a political memoir,
The Rainmaker - a Passion for Politics.
Marriage
He married Catherine Isobel Hart in 1952; they had three children, Douglas, Ian and Catherine. The union was dissolved around 1975. He remarried to Dorothy Elizabeth Petrie in 1978.
Death
Davey died on January 17, 2011, aged 84, at Belmont House in
Toronto. He had...
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