Willis Cummins (candidate)

Willis Cummins was 39 years old at the time he stood in Oakwood for the 1977 Ontario provincial election, and was a part-time teacher with the North York Board of Education. He also described himself as a former journalist for Contrast.[1] In 1973, he wrote an article for The Globe and Mail newspaper on emergence of a black film industry in North America.[2] He received 170 votes (0.80%), finishing fifth against New Democratic Party incumbent Tony Grande.

Footnotes

  1. ^ "160 candidates seeking 34 Metro-area seats", Toronto Star, 6 June 1977, A6.
  2. ^ Willis Cummins, "The boom in black films: a search for self-realization", The Globe and Mail, 17 February 1973, p. 23.


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