Tom Edwards, sportsman with a connection to Wales (Wrexham)

Tom Edwards

Mayor of Whitby, Ontario 1991-1997. Retired as longest-serving Canadian politician after forty years in elected municipal office.

Connection: Paternal grandparents, father, wife and one daughter born in Wales. Former Wrexham area resident. Active in North American Welsh community.

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comment by:BrynapDafydd
Was a founding member of Canada's NDP (labour political party) in 1960. Also former boxing champion in Britain, member of Canadian boxing hall of fame.