Norman Platt Lambert
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Norman Platt Lambert (1885-01-07 – 1965-11-04) was a Canadian journalist and Senator.
Born in Mount Forest, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1909. After graduating, he started as a staff writer at the Toronto Globe where he would remain until 1918. In 1918, he accepted the position of Secretary for the Canadian Council of Agriculture and Associate Editor of the Grain Growers Guide in Winnipeg. In 1922, he became Western manager and acting general manager of the Manitoba Maple Leaf Milling Company. In 1930, he also worked again with the Toronto Globe.
In 1932, he was appointed General Secretary and Chief Organizer of the National Liberal Federation. In 1938, he was summoned to the Canadian Senate on the advice of Mackenzie King representing the senatorial division of Ottawa, Ontario. A Liberal, he served until his death in 1965.
