Charles Granger
Charles Ronald McKay Granger PC OC (born August 12, 1912 in Catalina , Newfoundland , † August 22, 1995 ) was a Canadian journalist and politician with the Liberal Party of Canada .
Life
Granger worked as a journalist after school and began his political career when he was elected for the first time as a member of the House of Commons as a candidate for the Liberal Party in the general election in May 1958 for the constituency of Grandfalls-White Bay-Labrador and was initially a member of the House of Commons until August 1966 . During this time he was first between February 1964 and April 1965 chairman of the Standing Committee on Seafaring and Fisheries and from January to July 1966 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Fisheries.
In August 1968, he stepped down from the House of Commons after becoming Minister for the Affairs of Labrador in the Newfoundland Provincial Government under Prime Minister Joey Smallwood and holding that post until 1967. At the same time he was from September 1966 to 1967 a member of the House of Representatives of Newfoundland and Labrador for the constituency of Gander .
After a little over a year, however, Granger left provincial politics and was appointed Minister without Portfolio in the 19th Federal Cabinet by Prime Minister Lester Pearson in September 1967 . At the same time he was re-elected to the House of Commons in a by -election in November 1967 in the constituency of Bonavista-Twillingate . He also took over the office of Minister without Portfolio in the subsequent 20th Federal Cabinet from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau , but lost this on July 5, 1968 after he had previously suffered a defeat in the Gander-Twillingate constituency in the general election on June 25, 1968 and not was re-elected to the House of Commons.
On October 19, 1994, he was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada . The award recognized his efforts in the campaign to incorporate Newfoundland and Labrador into the Canadian Confederation in 1949. At the same time, he shaped the history of his province and Canada for more than five decades through his work as a journalist. In addition, his commitment to the rights of fishermen and his work for social change in provincial and federal politics was recognized, as was his commitment to economic, social and cultural activities in his environment.
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| SURNAME | Granger, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Granger, Charles Ronald McKay (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Catalina , Newfoundland |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1995 |