# Tony Paddon

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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
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| name             = Tony Paddon
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| order            = 7th
| office           = Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland
| predecessor      = [Gordon Arnaud Winter](/source/Gordon_Arnaud_Winter)
| successor        = [James McGrath](/source/James_McGrath_(Canadian_politician))
| term_start       = July 10, 1981
| term_end         = September 5, 1986
| monarch          = [Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II)
| governor_general = [Edward Schreyer](/source/Edward_Schreyer)<br>[Jeanne Sauvé](/source/Jeanne_Sauv%C3%A9)
| premier          = [Brian Peckford](/source/Brian_Peckford)
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1914|07|10}}
| birth_place      = [Indian Harbour](/source/Indian_Harbour%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador), [Newfoundland](/source/Dominion_of_Newfoundland)
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| branch           = [Royal Canadian Navy](/source/Royal_Canadian_Navy)
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| rank             = [Lieutenant-commander](/source/Lieutenant-commander_(Canada))
| battles          = [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War) 
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'''William Anthony Paddon''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100%|OC}} (July 10, 1914 &ndash; January 5, 1995) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) surgeon and the [seventh](/source/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador) [lieutenant governor of Newfoundland](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Newfoundland_and_Labrador) from 1981 to 1986.

Born in [Indian Harbour](/source/Indian_Harbour%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador), [Labrador](/source/Labrador), [Newfoundland](/source/Dominion_of_Newfoundland), the son of Dr. [Harry Locke Paddon](/source/Harry_Paddon) (1881-1939) and Mina Gilchrist, a physician and a nurse, respectively, with the International Grenfell Association. He received a [Bachelor of Science](/source/Bachelor_of_Science) in 1936 from [Trinity College](/source/Trinity_College_(Connecticut)) in  [Hartford, Connecticut](/source/Hartford%2C_Connecticut). He received his [Doctor of Medicine](/source/Doctor_of_Medicine) in 1940 from [New York Medical College](/source/New_York_Medical_College). During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), he served with the [Royal Canadian Navy](/source/Royal_Canadian_Navy) as a surgeon.

After the war, he returned to Labrador with the [International Grenfell Association](/source/International_Grenfell_Association), serving as physician at the North West River hospital. He was the director of the IGA from 1960 until his retirement in 1978. He married Sheila Fortescue, also an IGA nurse.

In 1981, he was the first, and so far only Labradorian to be appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. He served until 1986.

In 1986, he published his autobiography, ''Labrador Doctor: My Life with the Grenfell Mission''.

In 1977 he received an honorary doctorate from Memorial University. In 1978, he was made a Member of the [Order of Canada](/source/Order_of_Canada) and was promoted to Officer in 1988.

On 21 June 2014, a new building at [CFS St. John's](/source/CFS_St._John's) was named after him.<ref name=t1>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2014-06-21/article-3771960/CFS%E2%80%88St.-John%26rsquo%3Bs-officially-opened/1 |title=CFS St. John's officially opened |work=The Telegram |date=21 June 2014 |accessdate=21 June 2014}}</ref>

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== External links ==
*[http://www.heritage.nf.ca/govhouse/governors/g75.html Biography at Government House ''The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador'']

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