Martin O'Connell
Martin Patrick O'Connell PC (born August 1, 1916 in Victoria , British Columbia , † August 11, 2003 ) was a Canadian economist , university professor and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada , who was a member of the lower house and minister for several years .
Life
Studies and university professor
After attending school, O'Connell, son of Irish immigrants, studied at Queen's University in Kingston , which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). Then he worked as a teacher . During the Second World War he did his military service in the reserve reserve of the Service Corps of the Royal Canadian Army and was last promoted to captain . After the end of the war, O'Connell, who also worked as an investment dealer in the early 1950s, continued his studies at the University of Toronto and graduated with a Master of Arts (MA). In 1954 he received a Doctor of Philosophy ( Ph.D. ) with a dissertation on the publicist and politician Henri Bourassa with the title Henri Bourassa and Canadian nationalism .
He then worked as a lecturer and professor at the University of Toronto and at the beginning of the 1960s he played an important role as advisor to Treasury Secretary Walter L. Gordon in the important legislative proposals for the Canada Pension Plan , Medicare and the Municipal Loan Development Plan . In the general election on November 8, 1965 , he applied for the first time for a lower house mandate for the Liberal Party in the constituency of Greenwood , but suffered an electoral defeat.
Member of the House of Commons and Minister
In the subsequent general election on June 25, 1968 , he was elected as a representative of the constituency of Scarborough East as a member of the lower house, but lost this seat in the next general election on October 30, 1972 .
During this time he was first Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Regional Economic Expansion from October 1969 to August 1971 and then between August 12, 1971 and January 27, 1972 Minister of State without portfolio. He was then appointed on January 28, 1972 by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as Minister of Labor in Canada's 20th Cabinet , of which he was a member until November 26, 1972. After leaving the House of Commons and the government, he served as Prime Minister Trudeau's Principal Secretary for the next two years .
In the general election of July 8, 1974 , O'Connell was re-elected MP in the constituency of Scarborough East . He lost the mandate again in the next election on May 22, 1979 .
After his return to the House of Commons, he served between September 30, 1974 and October 12, 1976 as co-chair of the Joint Special Committee of the Parliament of Canada on Immigration Policy. Most recently, O'Connell was from November 24, 1978 until the end of Trudeau's term on June 3, 1979 again Minister of Labor in the 20th government. In the general election on February 8, 1980 , he ran again in the constituency of Scarborough East , but was not elected.
Most recently, O'Connell was from January 1984 to January 1989 Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety .
Publications
- Henri Bourassa and Canadian nationalism , Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Toronto, 1954
- Henri Bourassa, a select bibliography , Toronto 1954
- Canadian standards of housing in Indian reserve communities , 1965
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | O'Connell, Martin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | O'Connell, Martin Patrick (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian economist, professor and politician for the Liberal Party of Canada |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Victoria , British Columbia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 2003 |