Percy Vivian

Reginald Percival Vivian
Vivian, c. 1957
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Durham
In office 4 August 1943 – 27 April 1948
Preceded by	Cecil Mercer
Succeeded by	John Weir Foote
Member of Parliament for Durham
In office June 1957 – June 1962
Preceded by	John Mason James
Succeeded by	Russell Honey
Personal details
Born	(1902-10-16)16 October 1902 Barrie, Ontario
Died	30 January 1986(1986-01-30) (aged 83)
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Profession	Physician, professor of medicine

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 House of Commons of Canada.

Background

The son of Reginald Percy Vivian and Annie May Brodie, he was born in Barrie, Ontario. He was educated there and at the University of Toronto. In 1926, he married Judith Brewin.

Politics

Vivian was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1943 for the Ontario Progressive Conservative party. 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 McGill University's Department of Health and Social Medicine in early 1947.

Almost a decade after leaving Ontario politics, Vivian was elected to the House of Commons of Canada at the Durham 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 Liberal party.

Electoral record

1962 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%}
	Liberal	Russell Honey	7,971	44.16	+8.63
	Progressive Conservative	Percy Vivian	7,704	42.68	-13.28
	New Democratic	Eileen Coutts	2,217	12.28	+3.77
	Social Credit	Kenneth C. Toms	158	0.88

1958 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%}
	Progressive Conservative	Percy Vivian	9,732	55.96	+11.47
	Liberal	Russell C. Honey	6,178	35.53	-5.92
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ernest Dent	1,480	8.51	-3.13

1957 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%}
	Progressive Conservative	Percy Vivian	7,331	44.49	-0.48
	Liberal	John Mason James	6,829	41.45	-4.78
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ernest Dent	1,918	11.64	+2.84
	Social Credit	Kenneth Toms	399	2.42

External links

• Percy Vivian – Parliament of Canada biography
• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history