Edward Lumley

Edward C. Lumley CM PC (born October 27, 1939 in Windsor , Ontario ) is a Canadian entrepreneur , business manager and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada , who was a member of the House of Commons for several years and several times minister and has been Chancellor of the University of Windsor since 2006 .

Life

After attending school, Lumley completed a degree in economics , which he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm.). He then worked as an entrepreneur.

Lumley began his political career in local politics and was Mayor of Cornwall from 1972 to 1974 . In the general election of July 8, 1974 Lumley was elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party for the first time as a member of the House of Commons and represented in this until his electoral defeat in the election of September 4, 1984 the constituency of Stormont-Dundas .

In October 1976 Lumley took over his first government office and was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Regional Economic Expansion, before he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Secretary from October 1977 to September 1978. On March 3, 1980 he was Minister of State for Trade and then from January 12 to September 29, 1982 Minister of State for International Trade.

On September 30, 1982 Lumley was appointed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to the 22nd Canadian Cabinet and took over the offices of Minister for Regional Economic Expansion and Minister for Industry, Trade and Commerce until December 6, 1983. As part of a cabinet reshuffle, he then became Minister for Regional Industrial Expansion on December 7, 1983 and retained this ministerial office in the 23rd Canadian Cabinet formed by Trudeau's successor, John Turner , from June 30 to September 16, 1984. Was the same He was Minister of Communications and Minister of State for Science and Technology from June 30 to September 16, 1984.

After leaving the government and the House of Commons, he returned to work as an entrepreneur and manager in the private sector and in 1991 became vice chairman of the investment company BMO Nesbitt Burns , managing director of auto parts manufacturer Magna International and a member of the boards of Bell Canada , Canadian National Railway and Air Canada .

In 2000 he was appointed chairman of a commission to investigate the allowances and allowances of Members of Parliament in Canada and has been Chancellor of the University of Windsor since 2006.

Web links

• Entry on Parliament's website
• Entry on the University of Windsor website