Frederick Arthur Burr

Frederick Arthur Burr
MPP for Sandwich-Riverside
In office
October 17, 1967 – August 11, 1975
Preceded by new riding
Succeeded by riding dissolved
MPP for Windsor—Riverside
In office
September 17, 1975 – June 8, 1977
Preceded by first member
Succeeded by Dave Cooke
Personal details
Born 1911
Died January 17, 2006
Political party New Democrat

Frederick Arthur "Fred" Burr (February 26, 1911 – January 17, 2006) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral districts of Sandwich-Riverside and Windsor—Riverside in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1977 as a NDP member. Burr ran in five provincial and federal elections before winning in 1967 by 799 votes. In the next provincial election, he won by 10,000 votes. While his tenure as an MPP was spent in Opposition, he was known as a forward-thinking member, asking questions about solar power and the effects of freon as far back as 1974 and was regarded as one of the first politicians to take up the cause of second-hand tobacco smoke (1975).[1]

Born in Middlesex County, Ontario, to Arthur Edward Burr and Emily Rose Vernon, Burr had a long career as a high school teacher at Walkerville Collegiate, prior to his election, where he taught Latin and Greek for 34 years.[2]

His late son, Dave Burr served one term as the mayor of Windsor, Ontario. In addition to his son, Burr had two daughters, Sheila and Maureen, and was pre-deceased by his wife, Dorothy.

References

  1. ↑ Dowd, Ed. "NDP backbencher in '70s finally proven right". Orangeville Citizen,
  2. ↑ Tribute in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, May 31, 2006

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