Outgoing Ontario lieutenant-governor David Onley laughs while speaking with reporters on his final full day in office at Queen's Park in Toronto on Monday, September 22, 2014. Former Ontario Lt.-Gov. David Onley is set to be remembered at a state funeral service next week. Morley Bedford Funeral Services says Onley will lie in state at the legislature on Saturday and Sunday, then a state funeral will be held at a church in Toronto on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Outgoing Ontario lieutenant-governor David Onley laughs while speaking with reporters on his final full day in office at Queen's Park in Toronto on Monday, September 22, 2014. Former Ontario Lt.-Gov. David Onley is set to be remembered at a state funeral service next week. Morley Bedford Funeral Services says Onley will lie in state at the legislature on Saturday and Sunday, then a state funeral will be held at a church in Toronto on Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
DBC/TXBTORONTO - Former Ontario Lt.-Gov. David Onley is set to be remembered at a state funeral on Jan. 30.
Morley Bedford Funeral Services says Onley will lie in state at the legislature on Jan. 28 and Jan. 29, then a state funeral will be held at a church in Toronto on the following Monday.
The current lieutenant-governor announced Onley's death Saturday, saying he used his status as the province's first lieutenant-governor with a physical disability to raise awareness of and help break down barriers facing other disabled residents.
Onley used a motorized scooter throughout his life after contracting polio as a child and frequently drew on his lived experience when highlighting existing accessibility barriers in all facets of society.
Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell says his efforts to draw attention to such issues predated his time in government and could be traced back to his years as a television reporter.
Onley, who was 72 when he died, was appointed lieutenant-governor in 2007 and remained in the position for seven years.
This report by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø was first published Jan. 19, 2023.
Note to readers: This is a corrected story. Previous version had wrong dates for funeral and when he will lie in state.
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