Ronald Atkey

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Ronald George "Ron" Atkey PC QC (born February 15, 1942 in Saint John , New Brunswick ; † May 9, 2017 in Toronto , Ontario ) was a Canadian lawyer , university professor and politician of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) who was somewhat Member of the House of Commons for more than two years and Minister for Employment and Immigration in Canada's 21st Cabinet of Prime Minister Joe Clark between 1979 and 1980 .

Life

Ronald Atkey completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Western Ontario , which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA), and then a postgraduate degree in law at Yale University , which he completed with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B. ) and later graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Master of Laws (LL.M.). After graduation he took a job as a lawyer and was finally for his lawyer's merits for Attorney General (Queen's Counsel) appointed. In 1970 he co-edited with J. Noel Lyon Canadian constitutional law in a modern perspective , which became a standard textbook on the Constitution of Canada .

In the election of October 30, 1972 , Atkey was elected a member of the lower house for the first time as a candidate for the progressive-conservative party in the constituency of St. Paul’s , but lost this constituency in the following election on July 8, 1974 . During this time he was between December 5, 1972 and October 23, 1973 first spokesman for the PC group for competitiveness and then from October 24, 1973 to September 9, 1974 spokesman for the opposition for corporate affairs.

In the election of May 22, 1979, Atkey was re-elected as a PC candidate in the St. Paul’s constituency as a member of the House of Commons. He lost this mandate again in the general election on February 18, 1980 after only nine months. On June 4, 1979, Atkey was appointed Minister for Employment and Immigration to the 21st Cabinet of Canada by Prime Minister Joe Clark, which he served until the end of Clark's tenure on March 2, 1980.

After leaving the House of Commons and the government, he resumed his practice as a lawyer and became a partner in the law firm Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt . He was also professor of law at the University of Western Ontario, the Osgoode Hall Law School at York University and the University of Toronto . Atkey was also between 1984 and 1989 chairman of the Security Intelligence Review Committee , a body for the supervision of the 1984 newly established secret service agency CSIS ( Canadian Security Intelligence Service ) . In this position, he was followed in 1989 by media entrepreneur John Bassett .

publication

  • Canadian constitutional law in a modern perspective , Associate Editor J. Noel Lyon, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1970

Web links and sources

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ronald George Atkey, PC, QC In: The Globe and Mail . The Globe and Mail Inc., May 15, 2017, accessed May 30, 2017 .
  2. ^ Canadian Ministries. In: rulers.org. Retrieved May 30, 2017 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Atkey, Ronald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Atkey, Ronald George (full name); Atkey, Ron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician, lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint John , New Brunswick , Canada
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 2017
Place of death Toronto , Ontario , Canada