Reginald Percival (Percy) Vivian (16 October 1902 – 30 January 1986) was a Canadian politician, physician and professor of medicine. He served as a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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Background

The son of Reginald Percy Vivian and Annie May Brodie, he was born in

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. He was educated there and at the

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. In 1926, he married Judith Brewin.

Politics

Vivian was elected as a member of the

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in 1943 for the

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. From 1943 to 1946, he was Minister of Health and Public Welfare under Premier George A. Drew and remained a member of provincial Parliament until 1948, although he was chief of

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's Department of Health and Social Medicine in early 1947. Almost a decade after leaving Ontario politics, Vivian was elected to the

at the

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riding in the 1957 general election. After winning a second term in the 1958 election, Vivian was defeated in the 1962 election by Russell Honey of the

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Cabinet positions

Electoral record

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vivian, Reginald Percy 1902 births 1986 deaths McGill University faculty Members of the Executive Council of Ontario Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario People from Barrie Physicians from Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs