David Onley

David Onley
Onley in 2013
28th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
In office
September 5, 2007 – September 23, 2014
MonarchElizabeth II
Governors General
Premier
Preceded byJames Bartleman
Succeeded byElizabeth Dowdeswell
Personal details
Born
David Charles Onley

(1950-06-12)June 12, 1950
Midland, Ontario, Canada
DiedJanuary 14, 2023(2023-01-14) (aged 72)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Spouse
Ruth Ann Onley
(m. 1982)
ChildrenJonathan, Robert, Michael
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
OccupationJournalist

David Charles Onley CM OOnt (June 12, 1950 – January 14, 2023) was a Canadian broadcaster and writer who served as the 28th lieutenant governor of Ontario from 2007 until 2014.

Prior to his viceregal appointment, Onley was a television journalist. He worked primarily for Citytv as a weather reporter, before moving on to cover science and technology stories. Later on, he worked with the 24-hour news station CablePulse 24 as a news anchor and host of a weekly technology series, Home Page. A published author, he was the founding president of the Aerospace Heritage Foundation of Canada.

His seven-year term as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario makes him the province's third longest-serving viceroy since Confederation,[1] behind Albert Edward Matthews (1937–1946) and his successor Elizabeth Dowdeswell (2014–2023).

  1. ^ "Former lieutenant governor of Ontario David Onley dead at 72". Toronto Sun. Retrieved January 18, 2023.