Roy MacLaren

Roy MacLaren PC (born October 26, 1934 in Vancouver , British Columbia ) is a Canadian manager , author , publisher , diplomat and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada , who was several MPs in the House of Commons , at times Minister and most recently High Commissioner in Great Britain .

Life

Diplomat, economic manager and member of the House of Commons

After schooling completed MacLaren a degree in Historical Sciences , which he both a Bachelor of Arts (BA) at the University of British Columbia and a Master of Arts (MA) at St Catharine's College of the University of Cambridge graduated and in 1957 Diplomat at the Department of State of Canada. During his work there he also found employment in the diplomatic missions in Vietnam , Czechoslovakia and at the United Nations in New York City and Geneva . He completed another study of theology at Trinity College of the University of Toronto with a Master of Divinity (M.Div.).

In 1969 he left the diplomatic service to switch to the private sector and became director of public relations at the agricultural machinery manufacturer Massey Ferguson and then president of the Canadian branch of the advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather in 1974 , before he became president of the publishing house CB Media in 1977 . In addition, he worked as an author and publisher and dealt mainly with the history of Canada in his numerous books , some of which are autobiographical .

In the general election of May 22, 1979 , he was elected for the first time as a candidate of the Liberal Party to the House of Representatives and represented in this until his defeat in the election of September 4, 1984 the constituency of Etobicoke North . On March 4, 1980 he took over his first government office and was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources until February 28, 1982. At the same time he was from April 14, 1980 to November 30, 1983 co-chair of the Joint Special Committee of the Parliament of Canada for the reform of the Canadian Senate and then between August 17, 1983 to June 29, 1984 Minister of State for Finance.

UK Minister and High Commissioner

Prime Minister John Turner then appointed him on June 30, 1984 as Minister for National Income in Canada's 23rd Cabinet , to which he served until the end of Turner's brief tenure on September 16, 1984. MacLaren was re-elected to the House of Commons in the House of Commons election on November 21, 1988 and this time represented the constituency of Etobicoke North again until he resigned on January 24, 1996 . In the following period he was from February 1989 to March 1989 within the parliamentary group of the Liberals, initially spokesman for the opposition for finance and later from September 1990 to September 1993 opposition spokesman for international trade. After the Liberal Party's victory in the general election on October 25, 1993 , MacLaren was appointed by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien to the 26th government of Canada on November 4, 1993 , where he was Minister for International Trade until his resignation on January 24, 1996 was.

After leaving the government and the House of Commons, he first became an advisor to Prime Minister Chrétien on January 24, 1996, before being appointed High Commissioner in Great Britain on June 23, 1996 to succeed Royce Frith . MacLaren held this top diplomatic post until he was replaced by the previous ambassador to Italy , Malta and Albania , Jeremy KB Kinsman , in 2000. MacLaren is currently active as chairman of the Indian- Canada Economic Council.

Publications

• Canadians in Russia, 1918-1919 , Toronto 1976
• Canadians on the Nile, 1882-1898: being the adventures of the voyageurs on the Khartoum relief expedition and other exploits , Vancouver 1978
• Canadians behind enemy lines, 1939-1945 , Vancouver 1981, 2nd edition 2004
• Consensus: a Liberal looks at his party , Oakville 1984
• Honorable mentions: the uncommon diary of an MP , Toronto 1986
• The Canadian nation in an interdependent world , 1989
• Part of the Americas: a Liberal policy for Canada in the Western Hemisphere , co-author Lloyd Axworthy, Ottawa 1991 * Wide open: in search of an independent, global trade policy for Canada: a preliminary trade discussion paper , Ottawa 1991
• African exploits: the diaries of William Stairs, 1887-1892 , Montreal 1998
• Commissions high: Canada in London, 1870-1971 , Montreal 2006

Web links

• Entry on Parliament's homepage
• Entry on the homepage of the India-Canada Economic Council