John Morrow Godfrey
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John Morrow Godfrey (1912-06-28 – 2001-03-08) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
Born in Port Credit, Ontario, he was educated at the Royal Military College of Canada in 1929 and at Osgoode Hall Law School. During World War II, he was a pilot and Wing Commander with the Royal Canadian Air Force in the United Kingdom and France. After the war, he worked in the law firm of Campbell, Godfrey and Lewtas (now Fasken Martineau DuMoulin). He was a fund raiser for the Liberal Party of Canada.
In 1973, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Rosedale, Ontario. A Liberal, he retired on his 75th birthday in 1987.
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- Paul Adams. "John Morrow Godfrey: Lawyer held the Liberal purse", The Globe and Mail, March 14, 2001, p. R6.
