Dick Sutton

Who was Dick Sutton?

Richard Edward Victor "Dick" Sutton was a Canadian politician, who represented York--Scarborough in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1955 to 1963 as a Progressive Conservative member.

Sutton was born in Lindsay, Ontario to James L. Lindsay and Lila Edwards.

Sutton was elected in the newly created riding of York--Scarborough which comprised all of the then Borough of Scarborough, Ontario. In fact, the population of the Borough increased so much, between 1955 and 1963, that it was further subdivided in four ridings for the 1967 provincial general election, making Sutton the only MPP to ever represent the riding. He served as a backbench member of a succession of PC majority governments led by Premiers Leslie Frost and then John Robarts. Despite his lengthy time in office, Lewis did not serve in Cabinet, but he was a member of up to 10 Standing Committees of the Legislative Assembly, simultaneously, with a particular interest in committees dealing with municipal law, agriculture, education and conservation.

Sutton was married, in 1943, to Margherita May Hodgson, who, in turn, was related to three other Members of Provincial Parliament, Ronald Glen Hodgson, Louis Hodgson and Chris Hodgson.