Donald Carrick

Donald Day Carrick
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Trinity
In office 1954–1957
Preceded by	Lionel Conacher
Succeeded by	Stanley Haidasz
Personal details
Born	(1906-09-18)September 18, 1906 Port Arthur, Ontario
Died
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Liberal

Donald Day Carrick (September 18, 1906 – February 28, 1997) was an Ontario lawyer, political figure, Olympic boxer, and Canadian national golf champion. He represented Toronto Trinity as a Liberal member from 1954 to 1957.

Carrick was born in Port Arthur, Ontario, the son of John James Carrick. He studied at the University of Toronto, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, and Harvard Law School. Carrick was an exceptional athlete. He represented Canada as a light-heavyweight boxer at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, where he won his first-round bout against Jean Welter of Luxembourg, but then lost on points to the eventual Olympic champion, Víctor Avendaño of Argentina. In golf, he was coached as a youth by Newell Senour at the Scarboro Club, won the 1923 Ontario Junior Championship, the Canadian Amateur Championship in 1925 and 1927, and the Ontario Amateur Championship in 1926 and 1933. Carrick served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Canadian Army during World War II. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a 1954 by-election, held after the death of Lionel Conacher.

Carrick played golf recreationally after 1933, at the Scarboro and Rosedale Golf Clubs in Toronto. He was elected to the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1997.

Electoral record

November 8, 1954 by-election following Conacher's death
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Donald Carrick	5,589
	Progressive Conservative	Willson Woodside	4,237
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Herman A. Voaden	3,700
	Labor–Progressive	William Kashtan	953

External links

• Donald Carrick – Parliament of Canada biography
• U of T Sports Hall of Fame List
• Profile at Canadian Golf Hall of Fame