Jack Austin (politician)
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Jacob "Jack" Austin PC QC OBC (born March 2, 1932 in Calgary , Alberta ) is a Canadian lawyer and politician with the Liberal Party of Canada , who was a member of the Senate for more than 31 years .
Life
After attending school, Austin completed a course of study, which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). A subsequent postgraduate studies of law he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and a Master of Laws from (LL.M.) and then took a job as a lawyer on.
In the general election on November 8, 1965 , Austin ran for the Liberal Party in the Vancouver Kingsway constituency for a seat in the lower house , but suffered a defeat and thus missed entry into the lower house.
Austin, who was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences (D.Soc.Sci. Hon.), Became a member of the Senate on August 19, 1975 at the proposal of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and represented the Senate for over 31 years until March 2, 2007 Vancouver South Senate District .
On September 22, 1981 he was first Minister of State without portfolio and was then from September 10, 1982 to June 29, 1984 in the 22nd Canadian Cabinet formed by Prime Minister Trudeau Minister of State for Social Development. As such, he was regional minister responsible for British Columbia in the cabinet between September 1982 and June 1984.
During his membership in the Senate, he was a member of numerous committees and, from October 12, 1999 to September 16, 2002, Chairman of the Standing Senate Committee on Privileges, Professional Rules and Order, and from January 29, 2001 to September 16, 2002, Chairman of the Standing Senate Committee on Rules, Procedures and Parliament's Rights.
On December 12, 2003 Austin became chairman of the Liberal Party parliamentary group and thus leader of the government in the Senate ( Leader of the Government in the Senate ). In this function he was from December 12, 2003 to February 5, 2006 by virtue of office also a member of the 27th Government of Canada formed by Prime Minister Paul Martin and there again between July 20, 2004 and February 5, Regional Minister responsible for British Columbia .
The Murray-Austin Amendment was named after him. To change the composition of the Senate, he and Senator Lowell Murray ( PC - Ontario ) proposed a constitutional amendment on June 22, 2006 . The Senate would then be increased to 117 seats and the number of senators from Western Canada increased. British Columbia would become an independent region, the current six seats of the province would be divided among the other western Canadian provinces. After the constitutional amendment, British Columbia would have twelve seats, Alberta ten, Saskatchewan seven and Manitoba seven instead of six each. Likewise, the number of additional senators that the queen can appoint increased from four or eight to five or ten. A Senate Special Committee on Senate Reform supported the proposal on October 26, 2006 and referred the issue back to the Senate as a whole. However, the Senate has not passed a resolution and now that the three-year period for constitutional amendments has expired, the draft has become obsolete.
For his decades of service he was awarded the Order of British Columbia in 2010 .
Web links
- Entry on Parliament's homepage
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Austin, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Austin, Jacob (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calgary , Alberta |