Douglas Lewis (politician)

Douglas "Doug" Grinslade Lewis , PC , QC , FCA (born April 17, 1937 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a former Canadian politician of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada , who was a member of the House of Commons between 1979 and 1993 and was several times a minister.

Life

Douglas Grinslade Lewis worked as a lawyer and auditor . For his services he was Attorney-General (Queen's Counsel) and also involved as a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA). His political career began in the House of Commons election on May 22, 1979 when he was elected for the first time for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in the constituency of Simcoe North with 19,388 votes for the first time as a member of the House of Commons . Between October 1 and December 14, 1979, he was Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Utilities and Services in the 21st Cabinet . In the general election on February 18, 1980 , he was re-elected as a member of the House of Commons with 14,874 votes in the constituency imcoe North and subsequently acted as spokesman for the now opposition PCP faction between April 9, 1980 and September 8, 1991 for public works and housing construction and subsequently from September 9, 1981 to February 8, 1983 as deputy chairman of the PCP parliamentary group and as such also as deputy opposition leader . Most recently he was chairman of the PCP parliamentary group in the lower house between February 9 and September 6, 1983.

In the House of Commons election on September 4, 1984 , Lewis was re-elected to the House of Commons in the Simcoe North constituency with 24,887 votes . In the 24th cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney , Merrithew took over numerous government offices. First he was Parliamentary State Secretary to the President of the Treasury from November 1, 1984 to November 24, 1985 and then from November 25, 1985 to October 14, 1986 Parliamentary State Secretary to the President of the Privy Council and from October 15, 1986 to May 14, 1986 October 1987 Parliamentary State Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and President of the Privy Council, Donald Mazankowski . By a resolution of the Privy Council of August 27, 1987, he was appointed Minister of State to the President of the Treasury and as such was also Minister of State to the President of the Privy Council from August 27, 1987 to August 29, 1989, to help him work as the leader of the government support in the House of Commons.

Douglas Lewis was re-elected to the House of Commons in the House of Commons election on November 21, 1988 with 21,847 votes in the Simcoe North constituency. He was then from December 7, 1988 to January 29, 1989 Acting President of the Treasury and from January 30, 1989 to February 22, 1990 Minister of Justice and Attorney General. At the same time he acted between April 3, 1989 and February 22, 1990 as head of the government in the lower house (House Leader) . After a government reshuffle, he was Minister of Transport from February 23, 1990 to April 20, 1991 and then from April 21, 1991 to June 24, 1993 as Solicitor General, Legal Advisor to the Government and Minister responsible for Public Safety. As a minister, he also became a member of the Canadian Privy Council .

In the 25th Cabinet of Prime Minister Kim Campbell , Doug Lewis served between June 25 and November 3, 1993 as Solicitor General and Group Chairman of the ruling party in the House of Commons. He was also the Cabinet Minister responsible for Ontario from June 25 to October 24, 1993. In the general election on October 25, 1993 , he ran again for a seat in the lower house in the Simcoe North constituency . However, he received only 13,141 votes and thus missed the re-entry into parliament.

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the Parliament of Canada
• Canada: Ministries in Rulers

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MINISTRY MULRONEY (September 17, 1984 to December 7, 1988)
2. ↑ MINISTRY MULRONEY 2 (December 7, 1988 to June 25, 1993)
3. ↑ MINISTRY CAMPBELL (June 25, 1993 to November 4, 1993)