About Clare Westcott
Lived 1924 – 2025 (aged 100–101). Clare Westcott was a Canadian judge.
Clarence William Howard Westcott (June 17, 1924 – April 1, 2025) was a long-time political aide to Ontario Premier Bill Davis and subsequently served as chairman of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Commission. One of his nine children was the late Canadian-New Zealand journalist Genevieve Westcott. It was not until 1995 that an operation restored his sight in that eye.
In 1985, he was appointed to the Metropolitan Toronto Police Commission becoming its chairman. During his term he helped set up the Crime Stoppers program. She died in 2019, aged 92. Westcott died at his home in Scarborough, Ontario on April 1, 2025, at the age of 100.
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Canadian political consultant (1924–2025)
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Clare Westcott was a judge.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Clare Westcott. https://biography.guide/clare-westcott/
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