Career
As a business man, in 1960, he founded Hodgson Hotels Corporation. Later he started Skyline hotels. In 1973, he bought the Old Mill Inn & Spa in Etobicoke.
He restored the building, saving it from destruction.
In 1990, Hodgson purchased the Doctor"s House in Kleinburg, Ontario, and also completely restored and expanded the facility to include banquet facilities and a non-denominational chapel. Kingsbrook Farm was a 120-acre thoroughbred horse breeding farm and training facility founded by Hodgson in Kettleby, Ontario.
Hodgson was an Etobicoke Councillor. On 27 February 1974, Hodgson bought the from John Bassett who owned Baton Broadcasting.
His owned it outright until 25 June 1976 when he brought in Carling O"Keefe to run it jointly with him.
This continued until when on 12 January 1979, he sold his remaining stake to Carling O"Keefe. In 1976, attendance was around the 45,000 mark regularly selling out the Exhibition Stadium. He died of cancer on 9 December 1998 at the age of 76.
