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I read (on-line) the special on the War in the Pacific as we approach the 60th Anniversary in the Globe and Mail, and through a series of web surfing events I found out that past Premier of Ontario John Robarts is quite the interesting guy. For example:

He was born in Banff.
He served as an officer on the HMCS Uganda, a Canadian ship that served in the Pacific (along with other theatres). What makes that interesting is that the Uganda's crew was asked to vote by the Canadian government to "volunteer" to fight in the war against Japan after V-E day. They voted to go home.
He became Premier of Ontario in 1961, where he sounds like my kind of Conservative. Libertarian, but still able to find time and foresight to create York University (he was very big on education). And promote bilingualism. Good man.
He committed suicide after a tremendous decline in his health in 1981.

All very interesting tidbits.

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