Lambert, Norman Platt

Norman Platt Lambert was born at Mount Forest, Ontario, in 1885 and educated at the University of Toronto. After attaining his B.A. he entered a career as a newspaper correspondent and worked as a staff-writer for the Totonto Globe from 1909-1918. From 1918 to 1922 Senator Lambert served as Secretary of the Canadian Council of Agriculture based in Winnipeg after which followed a term in the grain and flour business (1922-1931). In 1932 he became Secretary of the National Liberal Federation and in 1938 was appointed to the Senate.He died in 1965.