Marv Shore

I’m pretty sure this matchcover can be dated to 1977.  The “why” will emerge in a moment.

Marvin Leonard Shore was born in Toronto in 1929; he died in London, Ontario in 2019 at the age of 90.  He was educated at the University of Toronto.  A chair of the London Board of Education before entering politics, he was known as a Progressive Conservative all his life.  So imagine everyone’s surprise when, in 1975, he was elected to the Ontario legislature as a Liberal with the ascending David Peterson (London Centre) and the Liberal Opposition..

However, he was not comfortable.  He crossed the floor to the PC government of Bill Davis, saying “As an economic Conservative, I have found after a year that I cannot be as comfortable as I had hoped with the Liberal Party of Ontario.” 
Marv ran for re=-election in the 1977 election but lost to Liberal Ron Van Horne.  His entire legislative stint lasted 21 months, and that puts this matchcover as from the 1977 provincial campaign.  Other than Canadian, Ontario and Small Political, I’m not sure what other categories it would fit.

Marv Shore was remembered as a funny and positive member of the Legislature who very much marched to the beat of his own drummer.   He was married, had 3 sons and 21 grandchildren, and at least one great-grandson.

His son David is the creator of acclaimed TV series “House” and “The Good doctor” and the less-acclaimed “Battle Creek”.   He had previously been a writer on “Due South”, NYPDE Blue” and “Family Law”.

As for Marv, he rests in Toronto’s Roselawn Cemetery.  And me, I wonder if there’s a matchcover from his 1975 Liberal campaign.