Bill Davis Autographs
William Grenville Davis PC CC OOnt QC (July 30, 1929 – August 8, 2021) was a Canadian politician who served as the 18th premier of Ontario from 1971 to 1985. Behind Oliver Mowat, Davis was the second-longest serving premier of Ontario.
Born in Toronto, Davis was a lawyer before being elected as a Progressive Conservative member of provincial Parliament for Peel in the 1959 provincial election. He was a backbencher in the Conservative caucus until 1962, when he was appointed minister of education under John Robarts. During this period, Davis created the community college system and the educational television network now known as TVO.
In 1971, he succeeded Robarts as the premier of Ontario and held the position until resigning in 1985. He led the Progressive Conservatives to victory in four consecutive elections, winning two majority governments and two minority governments. As premier, Davis was responsible for the cancellation of the Spadina Expressway, the funding of Catholic secondary schools through grade 12, the formation of Canada's first Ministry of the Environment, and rent control, as well as playing a large role in the patriation of the Constitution of Canada.
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Traded items with a signature of Bill Davis
The most expensive item with a signature of Bill Davis (HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ERNEST) TO BILL DAVIS) was sold in April 2017 for $3,000.00 while the cheapest item (Bill Davis signed 3x5 card) found a new owner for $0.49 in November 2011. The month with the most items sold (10) was January 2023 with an average selling price of $9.99 for an autographed item of Bill Davis. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2014 with $30.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.95 was July 2012. In average, an autographed item from Bill Davis is worth $6.75.
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