Norman Rawson

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Reverend Norman Rawson was a World War I veteran, attaining the rank of captain, and minister at Centenary Church in Hamilton, Ontario from 1937 until 1954. [1] In 1938, he was a candidate in the 1938 Conservative Party of Ontario leadership convention receiving 22 votes and coming in last of four candidates behind the winner, George Drew. He subsequently became a speaker for the Leadership League, a conservative movement established by The Globe and Mail publisher George McCullagh, which proposed one party rule in Canada under direction of business leaders. [2]

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References

  1. "Our Reverends". www.centenaryunited.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-06.
  2. Bassett, By Maggie Siggins, page 43. Published by James Lorimer & Company, 1979 ISBN   0-88862-284-8, ISBN   978-0-88862-284-6