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David Charles Onley CM OOnt (June 12, 1950 – January 14, 2023) was a Canadian broadcaster and writer who served as the 28th lieutenant governor of Ontario from 2007 until 2014. Prior to his viceregal appointment, Onley was a television journalist.
Jan 16, 2023 · Onley was the first person with a physical disability to hold the post and a champion of accessibility and literacy for Indigenous people. He served from 2007 to 2014 and was praised by politicians and colleagues for his dignity and advocacy.
Jan 15, 2023 · Former broadcast journalist and disability advocate David Onley, who served as the 28th lieutenant-governor of Ontario, has died at the age of 72.
Jan 30, 2023 · David Onley, a former lieutenant-governor for Ontario, was remembered Monday as a tireless advocate, a role model, a man of faith and a devoted husband, father and grandfather. Onley, who...
Jan 15, 2023 · Ontario’s sitting lieutenant-governor says David Onley, who held the same post for seven years, has died. He was 72. Word of his death came in a Saturday evening statement from Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth...
Jan 14, 2023 · Former lieutenant-governor of Ontario David Onley dies at 72. Onley, who used a motorized scooter after having polio as a child, was the first visibly disabled person to hold the position when...
Jan 15, 2023 · David Onley, who championed disability rights and accessibility as Ontario's 28th lieutenant-governor, passed away on January 15, 2023. He was the first visibly disabled person to hold the viceregal office and authored a scathing review of the province's accessibility law in 2019.
