Charles Godfrey | |
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Member of Provincial Parliament | |
In office 1975–1977 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | George Ashe |
Constituency | Durham West |
Personal details | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | September 24, 1917
Died | July 24, 2022 Madoc, Ontario, Canada | (aged 104)
Political party | New Democrat |
Profession | Physician, politician |
Charles Morris Godfrey CM OOnt (September 24, 1917 – July 24, 2022) was an American-born Canadian physician, professor and politician in Durham Region. He served as an Ontario New Democratic Party Member of Provincial Parliament for two years in the Ontario legislature, but he is best known for having led the protests against the proposed Pickering International Airport in the 1970s, which forced the federal government to mothball the project.[1]