Everett Weaver

Everett Lane Weaver (1901 - 1971) was a Canadian politician, who served on Toronto City Council and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.[1]

Everett Weaver
Toronto City Councillor
In office
1947–1950
Serving with Louis Shannon
Preceded byMay Birchard
Succeeded byJoseph Cornish and Beverley Sparling
ConstituencyWard 2, Cabbagetown-Rosedale
Ontario MPP
In office
1951–1955
Preceded byWilliam Dennison
Succeeded byHenry Price
ConstituencySt. David
Personal details
Born
Everett Lane Weaver

1901
Hespeler, Ontario
Died1971
Toronto, Ontario
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Occupationlawyer

A lawyer,[1] he was first elected to city council in the 1947 municipal election,[2] and served for three years as councillor for Ward 2 (Cabbagetown and Rosedale).[3] He was elected to the provincial legislature in the 1951 election,[4] representing the district of St. David as a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. He served until 1955, and did not stand for re-election in the 1955 election.

He returned to his work as a lawyer, and was appointed as a county court judge in 1958.[1] As a judge, he was most noted for his ruling in a 1964 trial that the novel Fanny Hill was obscene under the Criminal Code.[5]

He died in 1971.[1]

References
  1. "Legislator for Ontario city became judge". The Globe and Mail, April 14, 1971.
  2. "Aldermanic Race Closest in Ward 2". The Globe and Mail, January 2, 1947.
  3. "Six Candidates in Wide-Open Race for Ward 2". The Globe and Mail, December 20, 1949.
  4. "Ontario Election Results by Ridings". The Globe and Mail, November 23, 1951.
  5. "Fanny Hill Obscene, Judge Orders Forfeit Of 2,000 Seized Copies". The Globe and Mail, February 28, 1964.


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