Philip Givens

Philip Givens
Member of Provincial Parliament
In office
September 18, 1975 – June 8, 1977
Preceded byGordon Carton
Succeeded byBruce McCaffrey
ConstituencyArmourdale
In office
October 21, 1971 – September 17, 1975
Preceded byEdward Arunah Dunlop, Jr.
Succeeded byRiding abolished
ConstituencyYork-Forest Hill
Member of Parliament
for York West
In office
June 25, 1968 – October 6, 1971
Preceded byRobert Winters
Succeeded byJames Fleming
54th Mayor of Toronto
In office
1963–1966
Preceded byDonald Dean Summerville
Succeeded byWilliam Dennison
Personal details
Born
Philip Gewirtz

(1922-04-22)April 22, 1922
Toronto, Ontario
DiedNovember 30, 1995(1995-11-30) (aged 73)
Toronto, Ontario
Resting placeBeth Tzedec Memorial Park
Political partyOntario Liberal Party
Alma materOsgoode Law School
OccupationJudge
ProfessionBarrister

Philip Gerald Givens, QC (April 24, 1922 – November 30, 1995) was a Canadian politician and judge. He was the Mayor of Toronto, a Member of Parliament (MP) and Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP). He was born and raised in Toronto and attended high school at Harbord Collegiate Institute. He studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School and graduated in 1949. He became a judge after leaving politics in the late 1970s. He retired from the judiciary in 1988, and died in Toronto in 1995.