Patrick Lawlor (politician)
| Pat Lawlor | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1967–1981 |
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| Preceded by | Alan Eagleson |
| Succeeded by | Al Kolyn |
| Constituency | Lakeshore |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 16, 1923 Edmonton, Alberta |
| Died | March 28, 1993 (aged 69) Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Leslie |
| Children | 4 |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Patrick Daniel Lawlor (November 16, 1923 – March 28, 1993) was a Canadian politician who served as the Ontario NDP Member of the Ontario legislature for the Toronto riding of Lakeshore from 1967 to 1981.
Lawlor was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1923. He and his family moved to Toronto, Ontario when he was 7 years old. He graduated from the University of St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto and then earned a law degree from the University of Toronto Law School and opened a law practice in Long Branch, Ontario, which later became part of Etobicoke. He earned his PhD in the 1960s.
In 1979, he published a book of poetry called the psychotic personality of our time, and also wrote an unpublished play. He and his wife Leslie raised four children. They lived in New Toronto.
Lawlor's book of poetry consists of 50 poems named and numbered Canto I - Canto L using Roman numerals. Lawlor characterized the book as philosophical poetry. He said in the preface, "The world of symbols... that pre-reflective almost inarticulate knowledge found in myth - those ancient stories of our coming to ourselves; the dense, opaque, wonder-full sometimes terrifying world, which we all inhabit, but have lost or forgotten." In a book dedication he called the writing of the book, "a distillation of a peculiar experience - a learning - an end which is also a beginning."
Lawlor ran for the federal NDP in the 1962 federal election and again in 1963 in the riding of Peel. He was defeated both times placing third behind Liberal incumbent Bruce Beer.
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