Frank Charles McGee

Frank Charles McGee PC (born March 3, 1926 in Ottawa , Ontario ; † April 4, 1999 ) was a Canadian entrepreneur and politician of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada , who was a member of the lower house for five years and was briefly a minister.

Life

McGee came from a politically active family: his great-uncle Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1825-1868) was a member of the House of Commons between 1867 and his death, while his grandfather Charles Arthur McCool (1853-1926) was a member of the House of Commons from 1900 to 1908. He himself did military service in the Royal Canadian Air Force between 1943 and 1945 after attending school during World War II . After the war he worked as an entrepreneur.

In the general election of June 10, 1957 , McGee was elected as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party in the York-Scarborough constituency for the first time as a member of the House of Commons and belonged to this until his defeat in the general election on April 8, 1963 .

McGee served as Parliamentary Secretary to Minister for Citizenship and Immigration Richard Albert Bell from August 17, 1962 to February 6, 1963 . On March 18, 1963, he was supported by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to Minister without Portfolio in the 18th Canadian Cabinet called and held this position until the end of Diefenbakers term on 21 April 1963rd

In the election of November 8, 1965 , he again applied for a seat in the constituency of York-Scarborough , but was again subject to the candidate of the Liberal Party , Robert Stanbury . While Stanbury got 58,501 votes, McGee only got 54,659 votes.

McGee finally ran again in the House of Commons election on October 30, 1972 for re-entry into the House of Commons, but with only four votes narrowly missed the electoral mandate in the Ontario constituency of the constituency holder of the Liberal Party, Norman Cafik , who received 16,328 votes, while McGee 16,324 votes could unite.

McGee was married to a daughter of Grattan O'Leary (1888-1976), who was a member of the Senate for Ontario from 1962 until his death in 1976 .

Web links and sources

• Curriculum Vitae (Canadian Parliament homepage)