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. 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
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...
'' publisher
George McCullagh
Clement George McCullagh (March 16, 1905 – August 5, 1952) was an influential Canadian newspaper owner between 1936 and 1952. He created ''The Globe and Mail'' by merging the Liberal-allied '' Globe'' and Conservative-allied '' Mail and Empire ...
, which proposed one party rule in Canada under direction of business leaders.
[''Bassett'', By Maggie Siggins, page 43. Published by James Lorimer & Company, 1979 , ]
References
Ministers of the United Church of Canada
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