Ronald Huntington

Arthur Ronald Huntington PC (born February 13, 1921 in Vancouver , British Columbia , † December 28, 1998 ) was a Canadian politician of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) who was a member of the House of Commons for ten years . Between 1979 and 1980 he was Minister of State in the 21st Cabinet of Prime Minister Joe Clark .

Life

World War II and Member of the House of Commons

Huntington entered after school in 1942 in the Royal Canadian Navy and took part in this until 1942 in World War II , where he was promoted to lieutenant at sea . After the war he remained a reserve officer in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve and was last promoted to Lieutenant Commander . He completed a degree in agricultural sciences and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (BSA). He worked as an agricultural scientist, entrepreneur and business manager.

In the election of October 30, 1972 , Huntington ran for the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) in the constituency of Capilano without success for a seat in the House of Commons. In the subsequent election of July 8, 1974 , he was elected for the first time as a member of the House of Commons and represented the constituency of Capilano for more than ten years until September 3, 1984 .

During his parliamentary membership Huntington was first from December 20, 1974 to October 1975 spokesman for the PC group for the national ports and from May 1976 to October 1977 deputy spokesman for the opposition for consumer and corporate affairs. He then acted between October 18, 1977 and March 26, 1979 as chairman of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.

Minister of State in the Clark Cabinet

On June 4, 1979, Prime Minister Joe Clark appointed him to the 21st Cabinet of Canada as Secretary of State with special responsibility for small businesses and industry, and served until Clark's term ended on March 2, 1980. After the defeat of the general election on February 18, 1980 Huntington acted between April 9, 1980 and September 8, 1981 as opposition spokesman for small businesses and at the same time from December 1980 to September 8, 1981 as spokesman for his faction for the Treasury Committee.

Huntington was from February 17, 1982 to February 1, 1983 chairman of the Caucus of the Progressive Conservative Party, a gathering of members and supporters of the PC to pre-select candidates for high political office. Subsequently he was again spokesman for his group for the Treasury Committee. After leaving the House of Commons, he was Chairman of the Canada Ports Corporation between 1985 and 1991

Web links and sources

• CV on the home page of the Canadian Parliament