Reginald Victor Gisborn
| Reginald Victor Gisborn | |
|---|---|
| MPP for Wentworth East | |
| In office June 9, 1955 – September 5, 1967 | |
| MPP for Hamilton East | |
| In office October 17, 1967 – August 11, 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Norman Andrew Davison |
| Succeeded by | Robert W. MacKenzie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 24, 1912 Hamilton, Ontario |
| Died | January 30, 1981 (aged 68) Hamilton, Ontario |
| Political party | CCF/New Democratic Party |
Reginald Victor Gisborn (May 24, 1912 – January 30, 1981) was a member of the Ontario legislature for two decades.[1]
He represented the Hamilton, Ontario riding of Wentworth East from 1955 to 1967 and Hamilton East from 1967 to 1975. He was elected as one of the only three Ontario CCF MPP's ever elected and he later joined the Ontario New Democratic Party when it was formed in 1961 through the merger of the CCF and the labour movement. He retired in 1975, due to ill health.[2]
Gisborn was a steelworker by trade and he had served as President of Local 1005 of the United Steelworkers of America and as President of the Hamilton District Labour Council.[2]
In 1960, Gisborn presented a bill to extend the provisions of the Fair Accommodations and Practices Act to extend to the rental and sale of homes in order to outlaw discrimination on the basis of race. He cited the case of a Windsor man who was denied the right to buy a house because he was black.[3]
He died in 1981 after a long battle with cancer. He was survived by his wife, May, and one daughter.