Perrin Beatty

Henry Perrin Beatty PC (born June 1, 1950 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian politician of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) who was a member of the House of Commons for almost 21 years . Between 1979 and 1980 he was Minister of State in the 21st Cabinet of Prime Minister Joe Clark . He later served as minister in various departments in the 24th cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney from 1984 to 1993 and most recently from June 25 to November 3, 1993 Foreign Minister and Minister for Francophonie in the 25th Canadian cabinet of Prime Minister Kim Campbell .

Life

Member of the House of Commons and Federal Minister in the Clark Cabinet

After completing his undergraduate studies , which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA), Beatty worked as an employee in the public sector and as an entrepreneur.

In the election of October 30, 1972 , Beatty was elected as a candidate of the progressive-conservative party for the first time as a member of the House of Commons and initially represented the constituency of Wellington-Gray-Dufferin-Waterloo and, since the election of May 22, 1979, the constituency of Wellington- - Dufferin - Simcoe . In the election of November 21, 1988 , he was finally re-elected as a member of the House of Commons in the constituency of Wellington-Gray-Dufferin-Simcoe , but lost this mandate in the following election on October 25, 1993 , so that after almost 21 Years of membership in parliament had to leave the lower house.

At the beginning of his parliamentary membership he was from October 24, 1974 to November 1975 spokesman for the PC group for tasks of the sovereign and later between December 1978 and June 1979 spokesman for the opposition for supplies and services. On June 4, 1979, Prime Minister Joe Clark appointed him to the 21st Cabinet of Canada as Secretary of State with special responsibility for the Treasury Committee, to which he served until the end of Clark's term on March 2, 1980.

Opposition and federal minister in the Mulroney cabinet

After the election defeat in the general election on February 18, 1980 Beatty acted between 1980 and 1983 as communications policy spokesman for the PC parliamentary group and later from 1983 to 1984 as spokesman for the opposition for national income. At the same time he was from April 14, 1980 to July 9, 1984 Co-Chair of the Joint Committee of the Canadian Parliament on Regulation and Other Rules of Procedure.

Following the election of the Progressive Conservative Party in the general election on September 4, 1984 , Beatty was appointed Minister for National Income in Canada's 24th Cabinet on September 17, 1984 by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and then took over after a cabinet reshuffle on August 20, 1985 the office of Solicitor General of Canada and thus chief legal advisor to the government, before he was Minister for National Defense from June 30, 1986 to January 29, 1989 after a new government reshuffle. In addition, from December 8, 1988 to January 29, 1989, he again held the office of Solicitor General. During this time he was first Vice-Chairman from September 13th to December 2nd, 1985 and then Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Communications between December 3rd, 1985 and July 3rd, 1986 and subsequently between July 3rd, 1986 and September 29th, 1986 January 1989 Vice-Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Foreign and Defense Policy.

After a further reshuffle of the 24th Cabinet by Prime Minister Mulroney, Beatty took over the function of Minister for National Health and Welfare on January 30, 1989, which he held until April 20, 1991. Between January 30, 1989 and April 20, 1991, he was also chairman of the cabinet committee on human resources, income support and health and, at the same time, vice chairman of the cabinet committee on the environment. In addition, from January 24th to February 22nd, 1990 he acted as acting minister of state with special responsibility for fitness and amateur sports.

After Mulroney had reorganized the 24th cabinet again, Beatty held the office of communications minister between April 21, 1991 and June 24, 1993. At the same time he was chairman of the Cabinet Committee on the Environment from April 21, 1991 to January 3, 1993.

Federal Minister in the Campbell Cabinet, Manager and University Chancellor

Beatty was finally appointed by Mulroney's successor Kim Campbell, who as Prime Minister formed the 25th Canadian Cabinet on June 25, 1993, as Secretary of State and Minister with responsibility for Francophonie. He held these ministerial offices until the end of Campbell's tenure on November 3, 1993.

In 1995 he succeeded Anthony S. Manera as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the public broadcaster CBC / Radio-Canada and held this position until he was replaced by Robert Rabinovitch in 1999. He was then President and CEO of the Industry and Export Association CME (Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters) from August 1999 to August 2007 and has been President and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce since August 2007.

Beatty has been Chancellor of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology since 2008, succeeding Lyn McLeod .

Publications

• National defense and arms control: Canadian priorities that share a common logic and a similar purpose , in: Disarmament Bulletin , Winter 1986 / Spring 1987
• Gaining public support for greater defense efforts - a Herculean task , in: NATO Review , April 1988
• The White Paper - one year later , in: Aerospace and Defense Technology , May / June 1988
• ASEAN dialogue key to building transpacific community , in: Disarmament Bulletin , autumn 1993
• The United Nations: the will to reform , in: 'Disarmament Bulletin', Fall 1993.
• Canada in North America: isolation or integration? , in: The future of North American integration: beyond NAFTA , editors Peter Hakim and Robert E. Litan, Washington, DC, The Brookings Institution Press, 2002
• New realities at the Canadian-American border , in: Canadian Parliamentary Review , Summer 2002

Web links and sources

• CV on the home page of the Canadian Parliament
• CV on the homepage of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Individual evidence

1. ^ Canadian Ministries at rulers.org
2. ^ Canadian Ministries at rulers.org