William Marshall Chamberlain Hodgson (March 18, 1912—October 27, 1988) was a politician in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

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. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1967 to 1985, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

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.

Hodgson was born in Nobleton

Nobleton, Ontario

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, Ontario, and was educated at Bolton

Bolton, Ontario

Bolton is the most populated community in the town of Caledon, located in the Region of Peel, approximately 50 kilometres northwest of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. In regional documents, it is referred to as a 'Rural Service Centre'. It has 26,478 residents in 8,721 households...

. He worked as a farmer, and was an active freemason. He won election to the King Township

King, Ontario

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 school board in 1946, and later served as councillor, deputy reeve and reeve of the community from 1949 to 1962. He also served as warden of York County

York County, Ontario

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 in 1959, and was chair of the King Township planning board from 1963 to 1967.

He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1967 provincial election

Ontario general election, 1967

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, defeating Liberal

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 candidate Tom Taylor by 2,127 votes in York North

York North

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. He was re-elected in 1971

Ontario general election, 1971

The Ontario general election of 1971 was held on October 21, 1971, to elect the 117 members of the 29th Legislative Assembly of Ontario of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

, 1975

Ontario general election, 1975

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, 1977

Ontario general election, 1977

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 and 1981

Ontario general election, 1981

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, and served as a backbench supporter of the John Robarts

John Robarts

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, William Davis

Bill Davis

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 and Frank Miller

Frank Miller (politician)

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 administrations. Hodgson was defeated in the 1985 election

Ontario general election, 1985

The Ontario general election of 1985 was held on May 2, 1985, to elect members of the 33rd Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada...

, losing to Liberal Greg Sorbara

Greg Sorbara

Gregory Sam "Greg" Sorbara, MPP a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Vaughan. Sorbara served as the Minister of Finance in the Ontario Liberal Party government of Premier Dalton McGuinty from 2003 to 2007.He resigned on October 11, 2005, following a police investigation involving...

 by 4,095 votes.

He died of cancer

Cancer

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in 1988.