Don Ferguson (boxer)
Don Ferguson may refer to: * Don Ferguson (actor) (born 1946), Canadian actor and comedian * Don Ferguson (South Australian politician) (1936–2013) *Don Ferguson (Victorian politician) (1907–1987) *Don Ferguson (Canadian politician), Green Party of Canada candidate during the 2004 Canadian federal election *Don Ferguson (rower) (born 1912), Australian rower *Don Ferguson (soccer) (born 1963), Canadian soccer goalkeeper *J. Don Ferguson (1933–2008), sometimes credited as "Don Ferguson", American character actor See also *Donald Ferguson (other) *Ferguson (name) Ferguson is an Anglicization of the Scots Gaelic “Macfhearghus", a patronymic form of the personal name '' Fergus'' which translates as ''son of the angry (one)''.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. ...

Don Ferguson (actor)
Don Ferguson (born May 30, 1946) is a Canadian actor, writer, and producer and is one of the stars of the ''Royal Canadian Air Farce''. He and Dave Broadfoot were the only Canadian-born original cast members of ''Air Farce''. In 1998, Ferguson and the original Air Farce cast of Roger Abbott, Luba Goy, and John Morgan received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts. His many ''Air Farce'' roles included parodies of Paul Martin, Pierre Trudeau, Ron MacLean, Jack Layton, Joe Clark, Preston Manning, Stockwell Day, Rex Murphy, Lucien Bouchard, Bill Clinton, Brian Mulroney, Vladimir Putin, Bob Dylan, and Keith Richards. Many of these portrayals involve Ferguson as the 'straight man' to the more eccentric personalities played by Roger Abbott. Don Ferguson is a graduate from Loyola High School, Loyola College, (now Concordia University), in Montreal, with an Honours English degree, and afterward w ...
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Don Ferguson (South Australian Politician)
Donald Mervyn Ferguson (7 August 1936 – 9 March 2013) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Henley Beach Henley Beach is a coastal suburb of Adelaide, South Australia in the City of Charles Sturt. History Henley Beach was named for the English town of Henley-on-Thames, the home town of Sir Charles Cooper, South Australia's first judge. Coope ... from 1982 to 1993 for the Labor Party. He was Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly and Chairman of Committees from 1986 to 1990 and 1992 to 1993 References   1936 births 2013 deaths Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of South Australia {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub ...
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Don Ferguson (Victorian Politician)
Donald Patrick John Ferguson (18 September 1907 – 6 December 1987) was an Australian politician. He was born in Geelong to manager John Edward Ferguson and Mary Catherine McDonald. He attended local Catholic schools and worked for a rope making firm, first as a fitter and turner and eventually as an engineer. From 1930 to 1937 he had a wheat and sheep farm on the Mallee. On 23 August 1942 he married Dorothy Adelaide Preston, with whom he had four children. In 1952 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Labor Party member for South Western Province. He was Minister of Forests A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ... and Mines from 1954 to 1955 and Minister of Transport briefly in 1955 before the Labor Party lost government. He lost his seat in 19 ...
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Don Ferguson (Canadian Politician)
The Green Party of Canada ran a full slate of 308 candidates in the 2004 federal election. Some of these candidates have separate biography pages; relevant information about other candidates may be found here. The candidates are listed by province and riding name. Newfoundland and Labrador Don Ferguson ( Avalon) Don C. C. Ferguson previously ran in the 1988 Canadian federal election as a candidate for the New Democratic Party, and finished third with 4,489 votes behind Blaine Thacker of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. In the 2000 Canadian federal election he ran for the Greens and finished fifth with 944 votes behind Rick Casson of the Canadian Alliance. Mr. Ferguson is a professor. Lori-Ann Martino (Labrador) Lori-Ann Martino lost to Lawrence D. O'Brien of the Liberal Party of Canada. Martino received 178 votes to O'Brien's 5,524. Martino was an organizer for the Green Party of Canada in Newfoundland and Labrador from March 2004 till June 2005. She also serv ...
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Don Ferguson (rower)
Donald George Fergusson (12 January 1912 – 14 February 1970) was an Australian rower and police detective. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Fergusson committed suicide by shooting himself in 1970. Fergusson rowed for the New South Wales Police club in Sydney. In 1936 the Police Club's eight dominated the Sydney racing season, the New South Wales state titles and won the Henley-on-Yarra event. They were selected in toto as Australia's men's eight to compete at the 1936 Berlin Olympics with their attendance funded by the NSW Police Federation. The Australian eight with Fergusson rowing in the two seat finished fourth in its heat, behind Hungary, Italy and Canada. It failed to qualify through the repechage to the final. A policeman and detective for 36 years, Fergusson was the Acting Metropolitan Superintendent of Police and Chief of the New South Wales Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) at the time of his death. His suicide note referred to h ...
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Don Ferguson (soccer)
Don Ferguson (born January 2, 1963) is a Canadian soccer coach and former professional player. Club career At age 17, he began playing professionally in Portugal in their national soccer league. He then moved to England, where he joined first division club Luton Town. After leaving Luton he joined Welsh club Wrexham in the English fourth division, playing under non-contract terms in the 1985–86 season, making 20 appearances. He also played professionally in Canada in the Canadian Professional Soccer League with Toronto Italia, Ottawa Pioneers/Intrepid, the North York Rockets, and Hamilton Steelers. International career Ferguson played for the Canadian Olympic team in 1983 helping them to qualify for the 1984 Olympics, although he did not play in the Olympics. He also played for the Canadian national team, making three appearances. Coaching career After his playing career, Ferguson served as a youth soccer coach for a variety of youth soccer clubs in Ontario - Brampt ...
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Donald Ferguson (other)
Donald Ferguson may refer to: * Donald Ferguson (politician) (1839–1909), Canadian politician *Donald Ferguson (cyclist) (born 1931), American cyclist *Donald F. Ferguson (born 1960), Dell executive See also *Don Ferguson (other) *Ferguson (name) Ferguson is an Anglicization of the Scots Gaelic “Macfhearghus", a patronymic form of the personal name '' Fergus'' which translates as ''son of the angry (one)''.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. ...