George McIlraith

George James McIlraith PC QC (born July 29, 1908 in Lanark County , Ontario , † August 19, 1992 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party , who was a member of the lower house and member of the Senate and minister several times for more than 43 years .

Life

Member of the House of Commons and Junior Minister

After attending school, McIlraith completed a law degree and after graduating worked as a lawyer and barrister .

His political career began McIllraith when he was a candidate of the Liberal Party already in the election on 26 March 1940 was first elected deputy in the lower house and in this up to the general election on June 25, 1968 the constituency Ottawa West and then up to 27th April 1972 represented the constituency of the Ottawa Center .

He assumed his first government office in September 1945 as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Reconstruction and was then Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister for Reconstruction and Supply from January 1946 to February 1948 and then until April 1949 Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister for Trade and Industry. He held this position again from July 1949 to June 1953 and was also Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister for Defense Production between April 1951 and June 1953.

During his membership in the House of Commons he was also from September to December 1949 chairman of the special committee for the Atomic Energy Control Authority and between February and June 1950 chairman of the committee for the business activities of the National Research Council. He was also chairman of the parliamentary special committee for research from January to August 1956.

Minister and Senator

After the Liberal Party's victory in the general election on April 8, 1963 , McIlraith was appointed by Prime Minister Lester Pearson as Minister of Transport to the 19th Government of Canada on April 22, 1963 , and took over the office of President on February 3, 1964 after a cabinet reshuffle the Privy Council ( President of the Privy Council ) and remained in this position until July 6, 1965. At the same time he was managing between 19 March and 28 June 1964 Minister of national income.

On October 30, 1964 McIlraith took over as successor to Guy Favreau as chairman of the faction of the Liberal Party, the influential post of Leader of the Government in the House ( Leader of the Government in the House of Commons ) and remained in this position until his replacement by Allan MacEachen on May 3, 1967. He also took over the function of chairman of the parliamentary special committee for procedure and organization between April and September 1965.

In addition to this function, he also acted from June 30th to July 6th, 1965 as executive minister of justice and attorney general and was subsequently minister for public works on July 7, 1965. He held this office until July 5, 1968 in the 20th Canadian Cabinet , which was formed by Pearson's successor as Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau . He was last in this government from July 6, 1968 until his resignation for personal and health reasons on December 21, 1970 Solicitor General .

After he resigned his mandate in the House of Commons on April 27, 1972, he became a member of the Senate on the proposal of Prime Minister Trudeau and represented the Senate district of Ottawa Valley until his resignation due to reaching the age limit of 75 years on July 29, 1983 . During his long term membership in the Senate he was also a member of several standing committees.

When he stepped down from the Senate, he was a member of the Parliament of Canada for 43 years, 4 months and 4 days.

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