Jeffrey King

Jeffrey Lyman deWitt King (September 18, 1940 – May 20, 2020) was a Canadian politician, lawyer and priest. He was an alderman on Ottawa City Council from 1970 to 1972, and was President of the Ontario Liberal Party from 1973 to 1976. Early life King was born September 18, 1940, at the Ottawa General Hospital, the son of Mary Irma Crawford and Victor Thomas King. King graduated from St. Patrick's College in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science degree, then from the University of Ottawa where he received a law degree in 1964, and from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1966. Early career King was active within the Liberal Party of Canada and the Ontario Liberal Party. He was the assistant manager for the party's campaign in Ottawa South in the 1967 Ontario general election, and was president of the riding association. He worked for the John Turner campaign in the 1968 Canadian federal election. He was one of the delegates for the riding of Ottawa—Carleton at the 1968 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election. Following the passage of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69 in early 1969 which legalized abortion in Canada, King became acting president of the Ottawa—Carleton Liberal Association, as its previous president, Dalton McGuinty Sr. resigned in opposition. King was a lawyer and the vice-president of the Ottawa Junior Board of Trade (Ottawa Jaycees).