Editing David Croll (section)

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{for|the Australian physician and military officer|David Gifford Croll}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = David Croll
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|QC|size=100%}}
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| office              = [[Senate of Canada|Senator]]
| constituency        = Toronto—Spadina, Ontario
| appointed           = [[Louis St. Laurent]]
| term_start          = 1955
| term_end            = 1991
| parliament2         = Canadian
| riding2             = [[Spadina (electoral district)|Spadina]]
| predecessor2        = [[Samuel Factor (Canadian politician)|Samuel Factor]]
| successor2          = [[Charles Edward Rea]]
| term_start2         = 1945
| term_end2           = 1955
| office3             = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Ontario MPP]]
| term_start3         = 1934
| term_end3           = 1943
| predecessor3        = [[Frank Worthington Wilson]] ([[Windsor East]])
| successor3          = [[William Charles Riggs]]
| constituency3       = [[Windsor—Walkerville (provincial electoral district)|Windsor—Walkerville]]
| office4             = 18th & 21st [[List of mayors of Windsor, Ontario|Mayor]]
| constituency4       = [[Windsor, Ontario]]
| term_start4         = 1931
| term_end4           = 1934
| predecessor4        = [[Cecil E. Jackson]]
| successor4          = [[George Bennett (Ontario politician)|George Bennett]]
| constituency5       = [[Windsor, Ontario]]
| term_start5         = 1939
| term_end5           = 1940
| predecessor5        = [[Ernest S. Wigle]]
| successor5          = [[Arthur Reaume]]
| birth_name          = Davud Avrum Croll
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1900|03|12}}
| birth_place         = Moscow, Russia
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1991|06|11|1900|03|12}}
| death_place         = [[Ottawa|Ottawa, Ontario]], Canada
| resting_place       = [[Beth Tzedec Memorial Park]]
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| party               = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| otherparty          = [[Ontario Liberal Party]]
| cabinet             = '''Provincial''':<br />Minister of Labour (1935–1937)<br />Minister of Municipal Affairs (1934–1937)<br />Minister of Public Welfare (1934–1937)
| committees          = '''Federal''':<br />Chair, Special Committee on Retirement Age Policies<br />Chair, Special Committee on Poverty<br />Chair, Special Committee on Aging
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'''David Arnold Croll''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|QC}} (born '''Davud Avrum Croll'''; March 12, 1900 – June 11, 1991) was a [[Canadian]] politician. He served as the mayor of [[Windsor, Ontario]] twice. He entered provincial politics in the 1930s, and served as minister of public works and municipal affairs in the [[Mitch Hepburn]] government.<ref name="Star Obit">{{cite news|title= Senator Croll, 91, champion of the poor|newspaper = The Toronto Star|date= 1991-06-12|author= Canadian Press|location= Toronto|page= A20}}</ref> He won election to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in 1945. In 1955 he was appointed to the [[Senate of Canada]], becoming the first [[Judaism|Jewish]] Senator. He served as a senator until his death, on June 11, 1991, a few hours after what would be his last senate sitting.<ref name="Star Obit" />