Editing Keith Davey (section)

==Political career==
Davey became a political organizer for the Liberal Party at the constituency level in Toronto in his early 20s, and joined the Executive of the Ontario Young Liberals in the 1950s, along with [[Judy LaMarsh]] (later a federal cabinet minister). In 1960 he became a campaign manager for his home riding of [[Eglinton (federal electoral district)|Eglinton]].

Davey was appointed National Campaign Director of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] in 1961. He directed the Liberal campaigns in [[1963 Canadian federal election|1963]] and [[1965 Canadian federal election|1965]]. Commuting regularly between homes in [[Ottawa]] and Toronto, Davey played important roles in every federal Liberal campaign up to and including 1984, serving Prime Ministers [[Lester Pearson]], [[Pierre Trudeau]], and [[John Turner]]. These elections were held in [[1968 Canadian federal election|1968]], [[1972 Canadian federal election|1972]], [[1974 Canadian federal election|1974]], [[1979 Canadian federal election|1979]], [[1980 Canadian federal election|1980]], and [[1984 Canadian federal election|1984]].

===Senator (1966-1996)===
Davey was appointed to the [[Senate of Canada]] by [[Lester Pearson]] in 1966, just before his 40th birthday. He resigned in 1996.

In 1969, Davey chaired the Special Committee on Mass Media. [[Terence Corcoran]] argues that it was Davey's contention that a subsidized press is necessary "to supplement the privately owned media" which "were a menace to a democratic society."<ref name="tcnp">{{cite news |last1=Corcoran |first1=Terence |title=Government to the newspaper industry's rescue? No thanks |url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/terence-corcoran-government-to-the-newspaper-industrys-rescue-no-thanks |publisher=National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc |date=6 February 2016}}</ref>