Eamon Park

George Eamon Park (26 November 1916 – 28 April 1975) was a Canadian politician and political organizer for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the New Democratic Party.

Upon graduation he got involved with the labour movement, becoming a staff member at the United Steel Workers and an activist with the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation.

During World War II, Park was living in Ottawa and met and married Anne Clare, a social worker originally from Winnipeg Manitoba.

Megan Kathleen is on staff at the Ontario Public Service Employees Union in Toronto and also worked for an NDP cabinet minister in the 1990s.

He ran in the federal election of 1968 as the NDP candidate for York East in Toronto but was defeated, coming in third with 27.47% of the vote.

Park continued his work with the union and the party, holding many roles within the provincial and national CCF infrastructure.

In 1972, the Canadian government appointed Park as labour attache to the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom.