Michael Wilson (politician)

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Michael Wilson

Michael Holcombe Wilson PC CC (born November 4, 1937 in Toronto , Ontario - † February 10, 2019 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) who was a member of the House of Commons for more than 14 years . Between 1979 and 1980 he was Minister of State in the 21st Cabinet of Prime Minister Joe Clark . From 1984 to 1993 he was Minister of various departments in the 24th Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in Canada and from 2006 to 2009 Ambassador to the USA .

Life

Investment Broker, Member of the House of Commons and Secretary of State in the Clark Cabinet

After attending Upper Canada College (UCC), Wilson completed a degree in commercial management at Trinity College at the University of Toronto , which he completed with a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm.). He then worked as an investment broker on Bay Street , the financial services hub of Toronto and ultimately Canada.

Wilson began his political career when he was elected as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) in the election of May 22, 1979 for the first time as a member of the House of Commons and in this until October 24, 1993 the constituency for more than fourteen years Etobicoke Center represented. On June 4, 1979, Prime Minister Joe Clark appointed him to the 21st Cabinet of Canada as Minister of State with special responsibility for international trade, to which he was a member until the end of Clark's tenure on March 2, 1980.

After the defeat in the general election on February 18, 1980 , Wilson acted between April and December 1980 as spokesman for the PC group for industry, trade and commerce and then from December 1980 to September 8, 1981 as spokesman for the opposition for energy, before he between September 9, 1981 and March 1983 was the financial policy spokesman for the PC group. Then from 1983 to 1984 he was again both opposition spokesman for industry, trade and commerce and parliamentary group spokesman for economic and regional development.

Candidate for party chairmanship and federal minister in Mulroney's cabinet

After the resignation of Joe Clark as chairman of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) on February 19, 1983 and the end of the transition period of the acting party chairman Erik Nielsen , Wilson ran for the office of chairman of the PC at the party congress on June 11, 1983 but ultimately Brian Mulroney.

After the Progressive Conservative Party's electoral victory in the September 4, 1984 general election , Wilson was appointed Treasury Secretary in Canada's 24th Cabinet by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on September 17, 1984, and held that post until April 20, 1991. During that time was He was Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet Committee for the Treasury Committee from September 17, 1984 to April 19, 1988, and Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet Sub-Committee for Priorities and Planning of Trade Agreements between July 4, 1986 and April 19, 1988. He then served between April 22, 1988 and April 20, 1991 as Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Trade Administration.

After a cabinet reshuffle, Wilson, who was Regional Minister for Ontario from July 1986 to June 1993, was appointed Minister of Industry, Science and Technology and Minister of International Trade by Prime Minister Mulroney on April 21, 1991 and held these ministerial offices until the end of Mulroney's tenure was June 24, 1993. He was also chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Economic and Trade Policy from April 21, 1991 to January 3, 1993.

Ambassador to the USA and University Chancellor

After leaving the government and the House of Commons, Wilson returned to working as an investment broker and business manager for various companies such as UBS . For his longstanding service, Wilson was named Officer of the Order of Canada on October 30, 2003 . He was then from 2003 as successor to John C. Bothwell until his replacement by William Graham Chancellor of Trinity College at the University of Toronto.

On March 13, 2006, he succeeded the former Prime Minister of New Brunswick , Frank McKenna , as Ambassador to the United States. He remained in this top diplomatic post until October 19, 2009, when he was replaced by Gary Doer , who was previously Prime Minister of Manitoba . In 2012 Wilson, who also became Companion of the Order of Canada on May 6, 2010 , succeeded David Peterson as Chancellor of the University of Toronto.

Web links and sources

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Former finance minister, ambassador and businessman Michael Wilson dies at 81 The Globe and Mail , accessed February 11, 2019
  2. ^ Canadian Ministries at rulers.org
  3. ^ Canadian Ministries at rulers.org
  4. ^ Entry on the homepage of the Order of Canada
  5. ^ Meeting of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development
  6. ^ Entry on the homepage of the Order of Canada
personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilson, Michael Holcombe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician, ambassador and university chancellor
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 2019