David Onley

Who is David Onley?

David Charles Onley, OOnt was 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 founding president of the Aerospace Heritage Foundation of Canada.

His seven-year term makes him the longest serving Lieutenant Governor of Ontario since Albert Edward Matthews and the province's second longest serving viceroy since Confederation.