Alastair Gillespie
Alastair William Gillespie PC OC (born May 1, 1922 in Victoria , British Columbia , † August 19, 2018 in Toronto ) was a Canadian economic manager and politician of the Liberal Party , who was a member of the lower house and minister for several years .
Life
After attending Brentwood College School, Gillespie completed a degree in economics , initially with a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm.) From McGill University and later with a Master of Commerce (M.Comm.) From the University of Toronto completed. Between 1941 and 1945 he did his military service in the voluntary reserve service of the Royal Canadian Navy and was last promoted to lieutenant . He completed further studies at the University of Oxford , supported by a Rhodes scholarship with a Master of Arts (MA) and later worked as an economic manager at the publishing house WJ Gage & Company.
In the general election of June 25, 1968 , Gillespie was elected as a candidate for the Liberal Party for the first time as a member of the House of Commons and represented in this until his defeat in the general election on May 22, 1979, the constituency of Etobicoke , where he was in the 1979 general election took up the new constituency of the Etobicoke Center .
At the beginning of his parliamentary membership, he was Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee on Finance, Trade and Economic Affairs between September 1968 and October 1970, before taking up his first government office as Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury from October 1970 to August 1971.
Then he was appointed Minister of State for Science and Technology to the 20th Government of Canada on August 12, 1971 by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau . In a government reshuffle, he then took over the office of Minister for Industry, Commerce and Trade on November 27, 1972, which he held until September 25, 1975. After another cabinet reshuffle, he was Minister of Energy, Mining and Resources between September 26, 1975 and the end of Trudeau's tenure on June 3, 1979, and again took over the post of Minister of State for from November 24, 1978 to June 3, 1979 Science and technology.
After leaving government and parliament, he returned to work as a manager. He was also director of the Spinal Cord Center at Lyndhurst Hospital in Toronto , director of the National Ballet School and president of the Canadian Opera Company . For decades of service in politics and business, Gillespie was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada on October 21, 1998 .
His cousin David Anderson was also a longtime Liberal MP in the House of Commons and between 1993 and 2004 he was a minister in the 26th government of Jean Chrétien and in the 27th cabinet of Canada formed by Paul Martin .
Publications
- Made in Canada: a businessman's adventures in politics , Montréal 2009
Web links
- Entry on the homepage of the Parliament of Canada
- Order of Canada
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gillespie, Alastair |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gillespie, Alastair William (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian economic manager and Liberal Party politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Victoria , British Columbia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th August 2018 |
| Place of death | Toronto |