Barnett Jerome "Barney" Danson PC CC (February 8, 1921 – October 17, 2011) was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister.
He returned to Canada and joined his family's insurance business before entering the plastics industry with his own company, the Danson Corporation.
Danson was unsuccessful during his first attempt at politics as an Ontario Liberal Party candidate in the 1967 provincial election in the riding of York Mills.
While Minister of National Defence, he was appointed the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, his regiment.
[3] Danson was named an Officer of France's National Order of Merit (1994), and the Churchill Society's Award for "Excellence in the Cause of Parliamentary Democracy" (1995).
[citation needed] He was sworn in as a Member of the Privy Council on August 8, 1974, which gave him the title "The Honourable" for life.