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Prior to his provincial role he served as a municipal councillor for Timmins City Council from 1939 to 1951 and then as mayor of Timmins from 1952 to 1955.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"8 February 1910","date":"1910-02-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8001685#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Sables-Spanish Rivers","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3460615"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8001685#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"14 February 2001","date":"2001-02-14"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8001685#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"North Bay","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q912253"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8001685#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Canada","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8001685#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8001685#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q826977"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8001685#P102"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament (since 1955)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3305347","start":"1955"},{"text":"mayor (1952–1955)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30185","start":"1952","end":"1955"},{"text":"council member (1939–1944)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708492","start":"1939","end":"1944"},{"text":"minister","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83307"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8001685#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilf_Spooner","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8001685"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Wilf Spooner born?","a":"Wilf Spooner was born on 8 February 1910 in Sables-Spanish Rivers."},{"q":"What positions has Wilf Spooner held?","a":"Positions held by Wilf Spooner include: member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament (since 1955); mayor (1952–1955); council member (1939–1944); minister."}],"related":[{"name":"William McDougall","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/william-mcdougall"},{"name":"Andrew Johnson","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrew-johnson"},{"name":"Ehud Olmert","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ehud-olmert"},{"name":"Hussein Khalidi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussein-khalidi"},{"name":"Ekrem İmamoğlu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ekrem-imamoglu"},{"name":"Nir Barkat","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nir-barkat"},{"name":"Bill Haslam","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-haslam"},{"name":"Joe Biden","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joe-biden"},{"name":"Lincoln Chafee","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lincoln-chafee"},{"name":"Jorge Azcón","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jorge-azcon"},{"name":"Amandus Augustus Abendroth","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/amandus-augustus-abendroth"},{"name":"Bruno von Warendorp","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bruno-von-warendorp"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/wilf-spooner-7aef125681.jpg","width":180,"height":270,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Wilfred_%22Wilf%22_Spooner.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Wilf Spooner","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilf_Spooner","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q8001685","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8001685","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Joseph Wilfred \"Wilf\" Spooner.jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Wilfred_%22Wilf%22_Spooner.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Wilf Spooner, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Joseph Wilfred \"Wilf\" Spooner.jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Wilf Spooner\". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/wilf-spooner. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-07T06:57:00Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/wilf-spooner","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/wilf-spooner","ne":null}}