Donald H. Oliver | |
|---|---|
| Senator for South Shore, Nova Scotia | |
| In office September 7, 1990 – November 16, 2013 | |
| Appointed by | Brian Mulroney |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 16, 1938 Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Donald H. Oliver CM ONS KC (born November 16, 1938) is a Canadian lawyer, developer and politician. Appointed by former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Oliver served in the Senate of Canada from 1990 until 2013. He was the first black male to sit in the Senate and the second black Canadian appointed to the chamber.[1]
A lawyer and real estate developer, Oliver is a member of Nova Scotia's black minority. He is descended in part from African-American slave refugees who were resettled by the British in Canada from the United States after the War of 1812.[2] But his maternal grandfather, William A. White, migrated independently in 1900 from Baltimore, Maryland. Oliver is the nephew of Canadian opera singer Portia White, politician Bill White and labour union activist Jack White, and the cousin of political strategist Sheila White.
- ^ "Senate of Canada - Black History Month: Meet Senator Anne C. Cools". 10 February 2017.
- ^ Senator Donald Oliver Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, "Black History And Culture", December 20, 2007
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