James McGrath

James Aloysius McGrath PC KStJ (born January 11, 1932 in Buchans , Newfoundland ; † February 28, 2017 in St. John's , Newfoundland and Labrador ) was a Canadian politician of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) who was an intermittent member for 24 years of the House of Commons and Minister for Fisheries and Oceans in the 21st Canadian Cabinet of Prime Minister Joe Clark between 1979 and 1980 . He later served as Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1986 to 1991 .

Life

Professional activities, Member of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary

McGrath completed after the school study the law , he with a doctor of the rights completed (LL.D.). He then worked as a sales agent and manager in an advertising agency as well as a sales representative and sales manager and radio presenter.

In the election of June 10, 1957 , he was elected for the first time for the progressive-conservative party as a member of the House of Commons and represented the constituency of St. John's East for six years until he was defeated in the election of April 8, 1963 . During that time, from August 17, 1962 to February 6, 1963, Paul Martineau , Minister of Mines and Technical Assessment , was Parliamentary Secretary in the 18th Canadian Cabinet of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker .

After his electoral defeat in 1963, he returned to his old job, before he was re-elected as a member of the House of Commons in the general election of June 25, 1968 in the constituency of St. John's East, and this now until his voluntary resignation on September 4, 1986 Belonged for 18 years.

After his re-election as MP, McGrath was first spokesman for the PC group for economic and regional development from December 1969 to 1971 and labor policy spokesman between December 5, 1972 and October 1973, before being spokesman for the opposition from October 24, 1973 to May 1976 acted for consumer affairs. He was then from May 1976 to October 1977 spokesman for his group for urban affairs and housing and from October 1977 to 1979 spokesman for the PC group for consumer and corporate affairs.

Federal Minister and Vice-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador

Coat of arms of James McGrath as Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador

On June 4, 1979, McGrath was appointed Federal Minister by Prime Minister Joe Clark. He was Minister for Fisheries and Oceans in Canada's 21st Cabinet from June 4, 1979 to the end of Clark's tenure on March 2, 1980.

After the general election of February 18, 1980 was defeated , he acted as spokesman for the PC parliamentary group for national health and welfare between April 1980 and September 1982 and then from September 9, 1981 to March 1983 as the opposition's housing policy spokesman. March to September 1983 was again labor policy spokesman for his group.

McGrath was then from December 7, 1983 to July 9, 1984 vice-chairman of the House of Commons special committee for ethics and at the same time opposition spokesman for employment and immigration. Subsequently, between November 5, 1984 and August 28, 1986, he was both chairman of the Standing House of Commons Committee on Human Rights and chairman of the House of Commons special committee for reform of the House of Commons.

After leaving the House of Commons, McGrath succeeded William Anthony Paddon as Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador on September 5, 1986 . He held the post of lieutenant governor of this Canadian province until November 5, 1991, when he was replaced by Frederick Russell .

Publications

• Reflections on Reform , in: Parliamentarian, January 5, 1986.
• The Question Period: what former members think , co-authors Peter C. Dobell, Aideen Nicholson, Pierre de Savoy and Monique Bégin, in: Occasional papers on parliamentary government , May 2001

Web links and sources

• CV on the home page of the Canadian Parliament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Meghan McCabe: Longtime politician, former lieutenant governor, James McGrath dies at 85. In: CBC News . March 1, 2017, accessed March 9, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Canadian Ministries In: rulers.org. (English).
3. ^ Canadian Provinces. In rulers.org. (English).