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==Family==
==Family==
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Barnett Jerome "Barney" Danson was born to a [[Jewish]] family in [[Toronto]]'s [[Parkdale, Toronto|Parkdale]] neighbourhood. He joined [[The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=says |first=Gord Reed |date=2012-02-21 |title=Danson, Barnett J. |url=https://qormuseum.org/soldiers-of-the-queens-own/danson-barnett-j/ |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Regimental Museum and Archive |language=en}}</ref> in 1939 as the [[Second World War]] broke out. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant<ref name=":0" /> and served until he was severely wounded, losing an eye, in the [[operation Overlord|Battle of Normandy]].<ref name=":0" /> His ailment created an interest in the [[Canadian National Institute for the Blind]] (CNIB) and its library for the blind and visually impaired,<ref>{{Cite web |title=CNIB Post-Secondary Scholarships & Bursaries |url=https://www.cnib.ca/en/cnib-post-secondary-scholarships-bursaries |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=CNIB |language=en}}</ref> which he maintained until his death.
Barnett Jerome "Barney" Danson was born to a [[Jewish]] family in [[Toronto]]'s [[Parkdale, Toronto|Parkdale]] neighbourhood. He joined [[The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada]] in 1939 as the [[Second World War]] broke out. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant and served until he was severely wounded, losing an eye, in the [[operation Overlord|Battle of Normandy]]. His ailment created an interest in the [[Canadian National Institute for the Blind]] (CNIB) and its library for the blind and visually impaired, which he maintained until his death.


He returned to Canada and joined his family's insurance business before entering the [[plastics industry]] with his own company, the Danson Corporation. He also served as president of the [[Society of the Plastics Industry]] of Canada.
He returned to Canada and joined his family's insurance business before entering the [[plastics industry]] with his own company, the Danson Corporation.<ref name=":0" /> He also served as president of the [[Society of the Plastics Industry]] of Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-10-20 |title=Plastics Pioneer Barney Danson Dies At 90 - Canadian Plastics |url=https://www.canplastics.com/plastics-processes/plastics-pioneer-barney-danson-dies-at-90/1000638397/ |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=www.canplastics.com |language=en-US}}</ref>


In 2002, his autobiography, ''Not Bad for a Sergeant: The Memoirs of Barney Danson'', was published.
In 2002, his autobiography, ''Not Bad for a Sergeant: The Memoirs of Barney Danson'', was published.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Danson |first=Barney |url=http://archive.org/details/notbadforsergean0000dans_g9l2 |title=Not bad for a sergeant : the memoirs of Barney Danson |date=2002 |publisher=Toronto, Ont. : Dundurn Group |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-1-55002-404-3}}</ref>


His son, Tim Danson, is a Toronto lawyer known as a [[victim's rights]] advocate and for having represented the families of [[Paul Bernardo]]'s victims.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tim-danson-and-victims-rights/article751948| title = Tim Danson and victims' rights - The Globe and Mail| website = [[The Globe and Mail]]| date = 25 July 2003| last1 = Salutin| first1 = Rick}}</ref>
His son, Tim Danson, is a Toronto lawyer known as a [[victim's rights]] advocate and for having represented the families of [[Paul Bernardo]]'s victims.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tim-danson-and-victims-rights/article751948| title = Tim Danson and victims' rights - The Globe and Mail| website = [[The Globe and Mail]]| date = 25 July 2003| last1 = Salutin| first1 = Rick}}</ref>


==Politics==
==Politics==
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Danson was first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the [[1968 Canadian federal election|1968 general election]] as the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the Toronto-area [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[York North]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Barney Danson Theatre {{!}} Veterans Affairs Canada |url=https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canada/barney-danson-theatre |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=www.veterans.gc.ca}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Search the Collection {{!}} Canadian War Museum |url=https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/archive/3175768 |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=www.warmuseum.ca}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> Danson was unsuccessful during his first attempt at politics as an [[Ontario Liberal Party]] candidate in the [[1967 Ontario general election|1967 provincial election]] in the riding of [[York Mills (electoral district)|York Mills]].
Danson was first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the [[1968 Canadian federal election|1968 general election]] as the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the Toronto-area [[electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[York North]]. Danson was unsuccessful during his first attempt at politics as an [[Ontario Liberal Party]]
candidate in the [[1967 Ontario general election|1967 provincial election]] in the riding of [[York Mills (electoral district)|York Mills]].


In 1970, he became [[Parliamentary Secretary]] to [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Pierre Trudeau]], and was appointed to the Cabinet in 1974 as [[Minister of State (Canada)|Minister of State]] for urban affairs. In 1976, he was promoted to [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Minister of National Defence]]. While Minister of National Defence, he was appointed the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, his regiment.
In 1970, he became [[Parliamentary Secretary]] to [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Pierre Trudeau]], and was appointed to the Cabinet in 1974 as [[Minister of State (Canada)|Minister of State]] for urban affairs.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> In 1976, he was promoted to [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Minister of National Defence]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> While Minister of National Defence, he was appointed the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, his regiment.


He served in that position until the defeat of the Liberal government in the [[1979 Canadian federal election|1979 general election]], in which he lost his seat. Danson received an honorary degree (1993) from the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] in Kingston, of which he was a former chancellor.
He served in that position until the defeat of the Liberal government in the [[1979 Canadian federal election|1979 general election]], in which he lost his seat.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Danson received an honorary degree (1993) from the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] in Kingston, of which he was a former chancellor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BARNETT DANSON Obituary (2011) - Toronto, ON - Toronto Star |url=https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/thestar/name/barnett-danson-obituary?id=44706808 |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=Legacy.com}}</ref>


As a Member of the [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|Privy Council]] Danson was styled "[[The Honourable]]".
As a Member of the [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|Privy Council]] Danson was styled "[[The Honourable]]".


==Service==
==Service==
Danson is the co-founder along with [[Jacques Hébert (Canadian politician)|Jacques Hébert]] of [[Katimavik]], the national youth volunteer programme. Danson served as Canada's [[Canadian Consulate-General, Boston|Consul General]] in [[Boston]] from 1984 to 1986.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
Danson is the co-founder along with [[Jacques Hébert (Canadian politician)|Jacques Hébert]] of [[Katimavik]],<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Katimavik's Mission |url=https://katimavik.org/en/katimavik-mission/ |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=Katimavik |language=en-US}}</ref> the national youth volunteer programme. Danson served as Canada's [[Canadian Consulate-General, Boston|Consul General]] in [[Boston]] from 1984 to 1986.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Barney Danson [graphic material] |url=https://ontariojewisharchives.andornot.net/Print?q=setName%3A%22Jewish+military+portraits+series%22&p=1&ps=&sort=fondsno_sort+asc%2Cseriesno_sort+asc%2Cfileno_sort+asc%2Citemno_sort+asc&action=List |access-date=July 29, 2025 |website=Ontario Jewish Archives}}</ref>


He served on corporate and not-for-profit boards of directors such as the Canadian Executive Services Organization (CESO), [[Canadian Centre for Diversity|Canadian Council of Christians and Jews]], the Atlantic Council, the [[Empire Club of Canada]], the Ballet Opera House Corporation, [[de Havilland Aircraft]] of Canada, Algoma Central Corporation, General steelwares, the [[Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto)|Royal Conservatory of Music]], and Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
He served on corporate and not-for-profit boards of directors such as the Canadian Executive Services Organization (CESO),<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Yumpu.com |title=Montreal - The Canadian Jewish News |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/16752177/montreal-the-canadian-jewish-news |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=yumpu.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Canadian Centre for Diversity|Canadian Council of Christians and Jews]],<ref name=":4" /> the [[Atlantic Council]],<ref name=":5" /> the [[Empire Club of Canada]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 2, 1996 |title=Challenges and Choices |url=https://speeches.empireclub.org/60233/data |access-date=July 29, 2025 |website=The Empire Club}}</ref> the Ballet Opera House Corporation,<ref name=":3" /> [[de Havilland Aircraft]] of Canada,<ref name=":5" /> Algoma Central Corporation,<ref name=":5" /> General Steelwares,<ref name=":5" /> the [[Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto)|Royal Conservatory of Music]],<ref name=":5" /> and Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" />


During his last years, Danson was chairman of the advisory committee of the [[Canadian War Museum]] in [[Ottawa]] and produced ''No Price Too High'', a six-part series broadcast on [[CBC Television]] on Canada's role in World War II.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
During his last years, Danson was chairman of the advisory committee of the [[Canadian War Museum]]<ref name=":5" /> in [[Ottawa]] and produced ''No Price Too High'', a six-part series broadcast on [[CBC Television]] on Canada's role in World War II.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Search the Collection {{!}} Canadian War Museum |url=https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/archive/3175750 |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=www.warmuseum.ca}}</ref>


A theatre in the [[Canadian War Museum]] is named for him in honour of his service<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/plan-your-visit/services/barney-danson-theatre |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-05-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715063657/http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/plan-your-visit/services/barney-danson-theatre |archive-date=2009-07-15 }}</ref> and to his four closest war-time friends killed in action; Sgt Fred B. Harris-Queen's, Lt Gerald Rayner, Lt Earl R. Stoll, and Lt Harlan David Keely.<ref>{{cite web
A theatre in the [[Canadian War Museum]] is named for him in honour of his service<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/plan-your-visit/services/barney-danson-theatre |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-05-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715063657/http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/plan-your-visit/services/barney-danson-theatre |archive-date=2009-07-15 }}</ref> and to his four closest war-time friends killed in action; Sgt Fred B. Harris-Queen's, Lt Gerald Rayner, Lt Earl R. Stoll, and Lt Harlan David Keely.<ref>{{cite web
  | title = Barney Danson Theatre and plaque
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Danson was named an Officer of France's [[Ordre National du Mérite|National Order of Merit]] (1994), and the Churchill Society's Award for "Excellence in the Cause of Parliamentary Democracy" (1995). In 1996, Danson was named an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] and promoted to Companion in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://archive.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5508 | title=The Honourable Barnett J. (Barney) Danson invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada }}</ref>
Danson was named an Officer of France's [[Ordre National du Mérite|National Order of Merit]] (1994), and the Churchill Society's Award for "Excellence in the Cause of Parliamentary Democracy" (1995). In 1996, Danson was named an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] and promoted to Companion in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://archive.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5508 | title=The Honourable Barnett J. (Barney) Danson invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada }}</ref>


In 2000, he was awarded the [[Vimy Award]]. In 2006, Danson was made an honorary Doctor of Laws by [[York University]] of Toronto.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
In 2000, he was awarded the [[Vimy Award]]. In 2006, Danson was made an honorary Doctor of Laws by [[York University]] of Toronto.<ref>{{Cite web |last=phalfert |date=2006-06-14 |title=Risk-taking and 'attitude' extolled by honorary degree recipients |url=https://www.yorku.ca/yfile/2006/06/14/risk-taking-and-attitude-extolled-by-honorary-degree-recipients/ |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=YFile |language=en-CA}}</ref>


He was sworn in as a Member of the [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|Privy Council]] on August 8, 1974, which gave him the title "The Honourable" for life.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
He was sworn in as a Member of the [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|Privy Council]] on August 8, 1974, which gave him the title "The Honourable" for life.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Office |first=Privy Council |date=2017-12-11 |title=King's Privy Council for Canada - Privy Council Office |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council/services/king-privy-council-canada.html |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref>


On March 28, 2007, he was made a Chevalier of the [[French Legion of Honour]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/trudeau-era-minister-barney-danson-dies-1.1107088| title = Trudeau-era minister Barney Danson dies {{!}} CBC News}}</ref>
On March 28, 2007, he was made a Chevalier of the [[French Legion of Honour]].<ref name=":2">{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/trudeau-era-minister-barney-danson-dies-1.1107088| title = Trudeau-era minister Barney Danson dies {{!}} CBC News}}</ref>


* Barney Danson's Medals were in Order of Precedence
* Barney Danson's Medals were in Order of Precedence
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=10537}}
{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=10537}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070922020025/http://www.empireclubfoundation.com/details.asp?SpeechID=1652&FT=yes Speech given to the Empire Club of Canada]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070922020025/http://www.empireclubfoundation.com/details.asp?SpeechID=1652&FT=yes Speech given to the Empire Club of Canada]


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Barnett Jerome "Barney" Danson Template:Post-nominals (February 8, 1921 – October 17, 2011) was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister.

Family

Barnett Jerome "Barney" Danson was born to a Jewish family in Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood. He joined The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada[1] in 1939 as the Second World War broke out. He rose to the rank of Lieutenant[2] and served until he was severely wounded, losing an eye, in the Battle of Normandy.[2] His ailment created an interest in the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) and its library for the blind and visually impaired,[3] which he maintained until his death.

He returned to Canada and joined his family's insurance business before entering the plastics industry with his own company, the Danson Corporation.[2] He also served as president of the Society of the Plastics Industry of Canada.[4]

In 2002, his autobiography, Not Bad for a Sergeant: The Memoirs of Barney Danson, was published.[5]

His son, Tim Danson, is a Toronto lawyer known as a victim's rights advocate and for having represented the families of Paul Bernardo's victims.[6]

Politics

Danson was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 general election as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the Toronto-area riding of York North.[2][7][8] Danson was unsuccessful during his first attempt at politics as an Ontario Liberal Party candidate in the 1967 provincial election in the riding of York Mills.

In 1970, he became Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and was appointed to the Cabinet in 1974 as Minister of State for urban affairs.[2][7][8] In 1976, he was promoted to Minister of National Defence.[2][7][8] While Minister of National Defence, he was appointed the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, his regiment.

He served in that position until the defeat of the Liberal government in the 1979 general election, in which he lost his seat.[2][7] Danson received an honorary degree (1993) from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, of which he was a former chancellor.[9]

As a Member of the Privy Council Danson was styled "The Honourable".

Service

Danson is the co-founder along with Jacques Hébert of Katimavik,[10] the national youth volunteer programme. Danson served as Canada's Consul General in Boston from 1984 to 1986.[11]

He served on corporate and not-for-profit boards of directors such as the Canadian Executive Services Organization (CESO),[12] Canadian Council of Christians and Jews,[11] the Atlantic Council,[12] the Empire Club of Canada,[13] the Ballet Opera House Corporation,[10] de Havilland Aircraft of Canada,[12] Algoma Central Corporation,[12] General Steelwares,[12] the Royal Conservatory of Music,[12] and Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.[10][12]

During his last years, Danson was chairman of the advisory committee of the Canadian War Museum[12] in Ottawa and produced No Price Too High, a six-part series broadcast on CBC Television on Canada's role in World War II.[14]

A theatre in the Canadian War Museum is named for him in honour of his service[15] and to his four closest war-time friends killed in action; Sgt Fred B. Harris-Queen's, Lt Gerald Rayner, Lt Earl R. Stoll, and Lt Harlan David Keely.[16]

Awards

Danson was named an Officer of France's National Order of Merit (1994), and the Churchill Society's Award for "Excellence in the Cause of Parliamentary Democracy" (1995). In 1996, Danson was named an Officer of the Order of Canada and promoted to Companion in 2008.[17]

In 2000, he was awarded the Vimy Award. In 2006, Danson was made an honorary Doctor of Laws by York University of Toronto.[18]

He was sworn in as a Member of the Privy Council on August 8, 1974, which gave him the title "The Honourable" for life.[19]

On March 28, 2007, he was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour.[8]

  • Barney Danson's Medals were in Order of Precedence
Ribbon Description Notes
File:Order of Canada (CC) ribbon bar.svg Order of Canada (CC) 2008
  • Companion 2008
  • Officer 1996
File:39-45 Star BAR.svg 1939-45 Star
File:France and Germany Star BAR.svg France and Germany Star
File:Defence Medal BAR.svg Defence Medal
File:Canadian Volunteer Service Medal BAR.svg Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
  • With Overseas Clasp
File:War Medal 39-45 BAR.svg War Medal 1939–1945
File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal 1977
  • Canadian Version of this Medal
File:125canada ribbon.png 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal 1992
File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal 2002
  • Canadian Version of this Medal
File:Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg Legion of Honour 28 March 2007
  • Chevalier
File:Ordre national du Merite Officier ribbon.svg National Order of Merit 1994
  • Officer

Archives

There is a Barney Danson fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[20]

Electoral record

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References

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