Editing Bill Davis (section)

==Early life and education==
Davis was born on July 30, 1929, at [[Toronto General Hospital]], [[Toronto]], Ontario, the son of Vera Mildred ({{nee}} Hewetson) and Albert Grenville Davis.{{sfn|Hoy|1985|p=11}}<ref name=martin2021>{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Sandra |title=Premier Bill Davis was the steady hand driving Ontario's Big Blue Machine |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-premier-bill-davis-was-the-steady-hand-driving-ontarios-big-blue/ |access-date=August 8, 2021 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=August 8, 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>{{sfn|Paikin|2016|p=}} His father was a successful local lawyer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/3137791-he-s-the-best-in-the-business/|title = He's the best in the business |date=June 23, 2008 |publisher=Mississauga.com |access-date=August 8, 2021}}</ref> Davis married twice, first to Helen McPhee (1931-1962) in 1955, with whom he had four children (Neil, Nancy, Cathy, Ian). He then married Kathleen Mackay (1933-2025) in 1964;{{sfn|Hoy|1985|pp=20, 25}} {{sfn|Paikin|2016|pp=47–48}} they had one daughter, Meg, in 1965.<ref name="Moosejaw">{{cite news |url=https://www.moosejawtoday.com/national-news/bill-davis-ontarios-18th-premier-and-a-celebrated-tory-dies-at-92-4202875 |title=Bill Davis, Ontario's 18th premier and a celebrated Tory, dies at 92 |date=August 8, 2021 |author=Canadian Press |work=Moosejaw Today |access-date=August 8, 2021}}</ref>

Davis was politically active from the age of 15.<ref name="Moosejaw" /> Local [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) [[Gordon Graydon]] was a frequent guest at Davis's parents' house, and Davis himself became the first delegate younger than seventeen years to attend a national Progressive Conservative convention in Canada. He frequently campaigned for local [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Member of Provincial Parliament]] (MPP) [[Thomas Laird Kennedy]], who briefly served as Premier of Ontario in 1949.{{sfn|Paikin|2016|pp=26–27}}

Davis graduated from the [[University of Toronto]] with a BA in 1951.{{Sfn|Hoy|1985|p=19}} He was a [[Canadian football|football]] player during his university years, and his teammates included [[Roy McMurtry]] and [[Thomas Leonard Wells]], both of whom would later serve in his cabinet.{{sfn|Paikin|2016|pp=26–29}} Davis received a bachelor of laws from [[Osgoode Hall Law School]] in 1954 and was called to the bar of Ontario in 1955.{{Sfn|Hoy|1985|p=19}}