Robert Howie
J. Robert Howie PC QC (born October 2, 1929 in Fredericton , New Brunswick ; † November 25, 2017 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) who was a member of the House of Commons for 16 years . Between 1979 and 1980 he was Minister of State in the 21st Cabinet of Prime Minister Joe Clark .
Life
After attending school, Howie first completed an undergraduate degree , which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). A postgraduate course of the law , he finished with a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) and then took a job as a lawyer on. For his legal services he was appointed Crown Counsel (Queen's Counsel) .
In the general election of October 30, 1972 , he was elected as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party for the first time as a member of the House of Commons, where he represented the constituency of York-Sunbury for 16 years until he left the House of Commons on November 20, 1988 . At the beginning of his parliamentary membership he was from December 1975 to May 1976 spokesman for the PC group for economic and regional development and then from May 1976 to October 1977 spokesman for the opposition for the energy needs of the Canadian Atlantic region, before he was group spokesman for science between October 1977 and 1978 and technology was.
On June 4, 1979, Prime Minister Joe Clark appointed him to the 21st Cabinet of Canada as Minister of State with special responsibility for transport, which he served until the end of Clark's tenure on March 2, 1980. After losing the general election on February 18, 1980 , Howie acted as spokesman for the PC Group for the Agency for the Promotion of Atlantic Canada between April 1980 and September 1981 and as opposition spokesman for economic and regional development from September 1981 and December 1983, before he last between December 1983 and 1984 parliamentary group spokesman for the Privy Council and at the same time deputy spokesman for the opposition for justice and the office of Attorney General.
Howie subsequently served as Chairman of the House Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections from November 5, 1984 to August 28, 1986, and then chaired various committees between September 30, 1986 and October 1, 1988 to conduct certain legislative processes.
Web links and sources
- CV on the home page of the Canadian Parliament
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Howie, Robert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Howie, J. Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fredericton , New Brunswick |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 25, 2017 |
| Place of death | Fredericton , New Brunswick |