Anne McLellan

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Anne McLellan

Anne McLellan (born August 31, 1950 in Noel Shore, Hants County , Canada) is a Canadian academic and politician. She is a member of the Canadian Privy Council (Queen's Privy Council of Canada), winner of the Order of Canada and the Alberta Order of Excellence . She was cabinet minister in the Liberal governments of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin and served as Canada's ninth deputy prime minister from 2003 to 2006. In 2015 she was appointed Rector of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada.

Career

McLellan holds a bachelor's degree in arts and law from Dalhousie University in Halifax and a master of law from King's College London (UK).

She became professor of law, first at the University of New Brunswick and then, from 1980, at the law faculty of the University of Alberta , where she served at various times as assistant dean and dean. She also served on the board of directors of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association .

Political career

She began her political career as a Liberal candidate for the Edmonton Northwest constituency in the 1993 general election. She won her seat by just 12 votes. As one of four elected Liberals in the province of Alberta , she was quickly appointed to a rising star in the Liberal Party and to the Cabinet as Minister of Natural Resources. McLellan has the pre-nominal "The Honorable" and the post-nominal "PC" for life since she was appointed a member of the Canadian Privy Council on November 4, 1993.

In the 1997 and 2000 elections, despite the general unpopularity of the Liberals in Alberta, she was re-elected by a narrow margin in the new Edmonton West constituency. Her often narrow victories earned her the nickname "Landslide Annie" in the political circles of Canada.

McLellan was Attorney General from 1997 to 2002 and was responsible for the implementation of the new anti-terror and security laws and the introduction of the Canadian arms register after the attacks of September 11, 2001 . From 2002 to 2003 she was Minister of Health.

Despite her support for Paul Martin as head of the Liberals, she was kept in Jean Chrétien's cabinet, partly because of her skills and partly because Chrétien wanted someone from the province of Alberta in his cabinet for the sake of regional representation.

Deputy Prime Minister

After being sworn in as Prime Minister on December 12, 2003, Paul Martin appointed Anne McLellan as Deputy Prime Minister. She also became Minister for the newly created Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Department. As Deputy Prime Minister, she chaired the Cabinet's Operations Committee. McLellan was one of several women who were given senior positions in the Paul Martin government.

In the 2004 federal elections, she was re-elected with 721 votes, or around one percent ahead, beating Laurie Hawn of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Edmonton Center constituency.

In the 2006 federal elections, however, McLellan Hawn lost 45.01% to 38.36% of the vote.

Life after politics

In 2006 McLellan was named a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the University of Alberta . That same year, she became an attorney with the Edmonton-based law firm Bennett Jones LLP. She was also director on the boards of Nexen Inc ., Agrium Inc . and Cameco Corporation. McLellan is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pearson College UWC in Victoria, BC Pearson is one of 18 global United World Colleges worldwide.

On July 1, 2009, McLellan was named Officer of the Order of Canada for her services as a politician and law professor, as well as for her volunteer work in the community. On May 9, 2013, she was appointed to the Alberta Order of Excellence for her achievements in politics, law and training.

In 2016, despite her position with Bennett Jones, McLellan was named head of the marijuana legalization and regulation task force. The task force was created to develop recommendations for the design of a new system to legalize, strictly regulate, and limit the recreational use of marijuana. The panel's report was published on December 13, 2016; however, the recommendations were not binding on the legislature.

On March 18, 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed McLellan as special advisor on whether the same minister should continue to hold the offices of Attorney General and Attorney General of Canada. She was also asked to analyze labor policies and practices across the cabinet, as well as the role of officials and policy makers in their interactions with the Attorney General and Attorney General of Canada. By June 30, 2019, it should submit independent recommendations to the Prime Minister.

Following the 2019 Canadian federal elections, in which the Liberal Party failed to win seats in Alberta and Saskatchewan, the Prime Minister's Office announced on October 29, 2019 that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had hired McLellan as an advisor. It should assist the Prime Minister in forming a government against the backdrop of a growing sense of alienation from the rest of the country in the western provinces of Canada.

Web links

Commons : Anne McLellan  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Honorable Anne McLellan to become Dalhousie's seventh chancellor. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
  2. ↑ anne.mclellan | Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
  3. ^ The winners: McLellan's long climb . ( theglobeandmail.com [accessed April 30, 2020]).
  4. ^ Privy Council Office: Queen's Privy Council for Canada. December 11, 2017, accessed April 30, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Tony L. Hill: Canadian Politics, Riding by Riding: An In-depth Analysis of Canada's 301 Federal Electoral Districts . Prospect Park Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-9723436-0-2 ( google.ch [accessed April 30, 2020]).
  6. ^ State Support for Religious Education: Canada Versus the United Nations . Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2007, ISBN 978-90-04-14980-9 ( google.ch [accessed April 30, 2020]).
  7. ↑ News, Canada: Former Chretien cabinet minister Anne McLellan to head panel on marijuana legalization | National Post. June 2, 2016, accessed April 30, 2020 (Canadian English).
  8. ^ The winners: McLellan's long climb . ( theglobeandmail.com [accessed April 30, 2020]).
  9. ^ Roy Cullen: Beyond Question Period: Or What Really Goes on in Ottawa . Trafford Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4269-6948-5 ( google.ch [accessed April 30, 2020]).
  10. ↑ Patrick Malcolmson, Richard Myers: The Canadian Regime . University of Toronto Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4426-0590-9 ( google.ch [accessed April 30, 2020]).
  11. ↑ Chris Dornan, Jon H. Pammett: The Canadian General Election of 2004 . Dundurn, 2004, ISBN 978-1-55002-516-3 ( google.ch [accessed April 30, 2020]).
  12. ↑ Hon. A. Anne McLellan PC, OC, AOE | Canadian and International Strategic Planning Advisor at Bennett Jones Edmonton. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
  13. ^ Government of Alberta: Diverse leaders to receive province's highest honor. Retrieved April 30, 2020 (Canadian English).
  14. ↑ Questions raised over marijuana task force chair's ties to industry . ( theglobeandmail.com [accessed April 30, 2020]).
  15. ^ The Canadian Press: 'We are moving from a prohibitory regime': McLellan outlines marijuana task force plan - BNN Bloomberg. December 13, 2016, accessed April 30, 2020 .
  16. ^ Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada: Prime Minister announces former Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan as Special Advisor. Government of Canada, March 18, 2019, accessed April 30, 2020 .
  17. ^ PM taps Anne McLellan as western adviser . ( theglobeandmail.com [accessed April 30, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME McLellan, Anne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Noel Shore , Hants County , Canada