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Bill Davis, Ontario’s 18th premier and a celebrated Tory, dies at 92
TORONTO — Bill Davis, the 18th premier of Ontario and one of the country’s longest-serving premiers, has died at 92.
A statement from his family says Davis was surrounded by his relatives when he died in Brampton, Ont. this morning of natural causes.
The pipe-chomping Tory titan, often called Ontario’s “education premier,” held the position from 1971 to 1985, taking over from the late John Robarts.
His stretch in power, which culminated in him stepping down at the height of his popularity, effectively ended his party’s unprecedented, 42-year rule of the province.