Stan Darling
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History
Born in Callander, Ontario, Stan Darling moved to Burk's Falls and founded Stan Darling Insurance Inc. in 1938. He was elected to the Burk's Falls Village Council in 1942. He was a councillor for 4 years and reeve for 26 years.[1]
In the 1953 federal election, he ran unsuccessfully as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the House of Commons of Canada in the riding of Parry Sound-Muskoka. He was elected in the 1972 federal election. He was re-elected five more times in 1974, 1979, 1980, 1984, and 1988.
His memoirs, The Darling diaries: Memoirs of a Political Career (Dundurn Press, Template:ISBN), written with Beth Slaney, was published in 1995.
In 2000, he received the Distinguished Service Award from the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians, awarded to a former parliamentarian "who has made an outstanding contribution to the country and its democratic institutions."[2]
References
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External links
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- 1911 births
- 2004 deaths
- Canadian diarists
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
- 20th-century diarists
- 20th-century mayors of places in Ontario
- 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
- People from Burk's Falls
- People from Callander, Ontario