David Charles Onley, OOnt (born June 12, 1950) is the 28th and current Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada.
Onley was a television journalist prior to his viceregal appointment. He worked primarily for Citytv as a science and technology reporter, and for the 24-hour news station CablePulse 24 as a news anchor and host of a weekly technology series, Home Page. A published author, he was founding president of the Aerospace Heritage Foundation of...
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David Charles Onley, OOnt (born June 12, 1950) is the 28th and current Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada.
Onley was a television journalist prior to his viceregal appointment. He worked primarily for Citytv as a science and technology reporter, and for the 24-hour news station CablePulse 24 as a news anchor and host of a weekly technology series, Home Page. A published author, he was founding president of the Aerospace Heritage Foundation of Canada.
David Onley was born in Midland, Ontario, and raised in West Hill on Orchard Park Drive in Scarborough, now part of Toronto. He was educated at the University of Toronto, graduating with a degree in political science.
Beginning at the age of three, Onley battled with polio, resulting in partial paralysis. However, as a result of extensive physical therapy, he regained the use of his hands and arms, and partial use of his legs. Onley is able to walk using leg braces and canes or crutches, but he generally prefers to get around using...
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