Dan McIvor (politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Dan McIvor (politician)
- Daniel (Dan) McIvor (14 February 1871 – 2 September 1965) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
- He was born in Lurgy, County Tyrone, Ireland.
- He was the father of Canadian aviator Dan McIvor. McIvor graduated from Manitoba College in 1905 and became a Presbyterian then United Church of Canada minister.
- McIvor married Gertrude Margaret Bissett (30 December 1908).
- After preaching in various congregations in Manitoba, he was appointed to Fort William, Ontario in 1926.He was first elected at the Fort William riding in the 1935 general election.
- McIvor was re-elected to successive terms in Parliament there in 1940, 1945, 1949, 1953 and 1957.
- He supported a national old age pension system since introducing a 1937 Parliamentary resolution.
- After completing his final term, the 23rd Canadian Parliament, McIvor retired from federal politics and did not stand for re-election in 1958. McIvor died aged 94 at Fort William in 1965, where he remained after leaving his political career.
- John Diefenbaker, then leader of the opposition Progressive Conservatives, noted that McIvor "was the most beloved member that the House of Commons has known in my time.
- He was a friend of the sick, of the afflicted and the underdog.
- He lived to serve others."
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