David Onley

The Honourable David Onley CM OOnt
Onley in 2013
28th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
In office September 5, 2007 – September 23, 2014
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governors General	Michaëlle Jean David Johnston
Premier	Dalton McGuinty Kathleen Wynne
Preceded by	James Bartleman
Succeeded by	Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Personal details
Born	David Charles Onley (1950-06-12)June 12, 1950 Midland, Ontario, Canada
Died	January 14, 2023(2023-01-14) (aged 72) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Spouse	Ruth Ann Onley ​ (m. 1982)​
Children	Jonathan, Robert, Michael
Alma mater	University of Toronto
Occupation	Journalist

David Charles Onley CM OOnt (June 12, 1950 – January 14, 2023) was a Canadian broadcaster and writer who served as the 28th lieutenant governor of Ontario from 2007 until 2014.

Prior to his viceregal appointment, Onley was a television journalist. He worked primarily for Citytv as a weather reporter, before moving on to cover science and technology stories. Later on, he worked with the 24-hour news station CablePulse 24 as a news anchor and host of a weekly technology series, Home Page. A published author, he was the founding president of the Aerospace Heritage Foundation of Canada.

His seven-year term as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario makes him the province's third longest-serving viceroy since Confederation,^[1] behind Albert Edward Matthews (1937–1946) and his successor Elizabeth Dowdeswell (2014–2023).