Reginald Victor Gisborn
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Reginald Victor Gisborn was a member of the Ontario legislature for two decades.
He represented the Hamilton, Ontario
riding of Wentworth East from 1955 to 1967 and Hamilton East
from 1967 to 1975. He was first elected as an Ontario CCF MPP and joined the Ontario New Democratic Party
when it was formed in 1961 by the merger of the CCF and the labour movement. He retired in 1975, due to ill health.
Gisborn was a steelworker by trade and was an executive member of the Hamilton Labour Council
.
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.
He represented the Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
riding of Wentworth East from 1955 to 1967 and Hamilton East
Hamilton East
Hamilton East was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 2004. It consisted of the eastern part of the city of Hamilton, Ontario. It is considered a working class district.-History:...
from 1967 to 1975. He was first elected as an Ontario CCF MPP and joined the Ontario New Democratic Party
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...
when it was formed in 1961 by the merger of the CCF and the labour movement. He retired in 1975, due to ill health.
Gisborn was a steelworker by trade and was an executive member of the Hamilton Labour Council
Labour council
A labour council, trades council or industrial council is an association of labour unions or union branches in a given area. Most commonly, they represent unions in a given geographical area, whether at the district, city, region, or provincial or state level...
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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.