The citizens of Ontario, joined by Canadians from all provinces and the northern territories. were in mourning five years ago today. Bill Davis,  who led Ontario from 1971 to 1985 as her Premier, passed into history in his beloved hometown of Brampton. A remarkable man and leader, he presided over Canada's largest province as it transitioned into the modern, multicultural and vibrant engine of Confederation it remains today. He did so by hugging the political middle and by respecting the traditions and institutions that had guided his province since its earliest days. Always a monarchist and true to history (he told me privately once how terrible he found it that historians and others now judged his great hero, Sir John A. Macdonald by modern standards they themselves could not not and would not able to meet in their own time, let alone in the 19th century) he took a pan-Canadian view and played vital roles in ensuring the unity of Canada, particularly in crafting the 1981-1982 constitutional agreements that saw the Canadian constitution "brought home" from England. Journalist Steve Paikin filled the void left by academics and has produced the only major biography of Mr. Davis, Bill Davis: Nation Builder, And Not So Bland After All. I recommend Steve's book to all readers of Art's History, particularly students.