Mike Davison

Who is Mike Davison?

Michael Norman Davison is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1981 and again from 1984 to 1985 as a member of the New Democratic Party. He was arrested on criminal charges in 2004.

Davison was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and attended Hamilton Collegiate Institute. He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1975 provincial election, succeeding his father Norm Davison in Hamilton Centre. He was re-elected over Liberal candidate Sheila Copps by fourteen votes in the 1977 election, but lost to Copps in a 1981 rematch.

Davison won a seat on the Hamilton, Ontario City Council in 1982, and was re-elected to the provincial legislature in a 1984 by-election over Liberal candidate Lily Oddie Munro by 55 votes. He never actually returned to sit in the legislature, however, as it was not convened before the writs were dropped for the 1985 general election, in which Davison lost to Oddie by 384 votes. He opened a consulting firm after leaving the legislature, and wrote a column for the Hamilton Spectator newspaper until 2002. He later became a political commentator for CH TV, a local channel.