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About Roland Armitage
- Roland Montgomery "Roly" Armitage (born February 8, 1925 in South March, Ontario) is a veterinarian, businessman and former politician in Ontario.
- Armitage served as mayor of West Carleton Township, Ontario from 1991 to 1994.
- He also served on the council for the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.During World War II, he served with the Royal Canadian Artillery and took part in the Normandy invasion and the liberation of France.
- After the war, Armitage attended the Ontario Veterinary College, graduating in 1951.
- He also bred and raced horses, and was track veterinarian at Connaught Park.
- Armitage served as the president of the Canadian Standardbred Horse Society from 1972 to 1974 and the Canadian Trotting Association from 1974 to 1980.
- He was general manager of Rideau Carleton Raceway for nine years.
- In 1987, he ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal in the Ontario riding of Carleton, losing to Norm Sterling.
- In 1999, he was named to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.In 2011, the hall at the West Carleton community complex was renamed the Dr.
- Roland Armitage Hall.
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