Sinclair Stevens

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Sinclair Stevens (2013)

Sinclair McKnight Stevens PC QC (born February 11, 1927 in Esquesing Township , Ontario - † November 30, 2016 ) was a Canadian lawyer , entrepreneur , journalist and politician of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) who was a member of the House of Commons for over 16 years was. Between 1979 and 1980 he was President of the Treasury Committee in the 21st Canadian Cabinet of Prime Minister Joe Clark. He later served as Minister for Regional Industrial Expansion in the 24th Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney from 1984 to 1986 . From 2007 he was chairman of the Progressive Canadian Party, founded in 2004 .

Life

Lawyer and Member of the House of Commons

After attending school, Stevens first completed an undergraduate degree , which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He completed another postgraduate study of law with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and then took up a position as a solicitor and later as a barrister . For his lawyer's merits he was appointed Queen's Counsel (Queen's Counsel) appointed and was also active as a businessman and journalist.

In the election of October 30, 1972 , Stevens was elected as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) for the first time as a member of the House of Commons and initially represented the constituency of York-Simcoe and from the election of May 22, 1979 to November 20 1988 the constituency of York-Peel . At the beginning of his parliamentary membership Stevens was between September 10 and December 19, 1974 spokesman for the PC group for consumer and business affairs and from December 20, 1974 to May 1976 deputy spokesman for the opposition for finance, before he was subsequently between May 1976 and 1979 financial policy spokesman for the PC group.

After the resignation of Robert Stanfield , he was one of the candidates for his successor as chairman of the Progressive Conservative Party at the PC party conference on February 22, 1976, but was ultimately defeated by Joe Clark, who was elected the new party chairman at the age of 36.

Federal Minister in the Clark and Mulroney Cabinets

On June 4, 1979, Prime Minister Joe Clark appointed him President of the Treasury Committee of Canada's 21st Cabinet, which he served until the end of Clark's tenure on March 2, 1980. At the same time he was from June 4, 1979 to March 2, 1980 also chairman of the cabinet committee for the treasury committee and chairman of the cabinet committee for economic efficiency of the government as well as at the same time vice-chairman of the cabinet committee for the civil service.

After losing the general election on February 18, 1980 , Fraser acted as spokesman for the opposition PC for the Treasury Committee between April 9, 1980 and December 1980, and then as spokesman for industry, trade and commerce from December 1980 and September 1983, before last opposition spokesman for foreign affairs between September 1983 and September 1984.

Following the election of the Progressive Conservative Party in the general election on September 4, 1984, Stevens was appointed Minister for Regional Industrial Expansion in Canada's 24th Cabinet on September 17, 1984 by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. In 1985, during his tenure, the law establishing Investment Canada , a government organization designed to encourage and attract foreign direct investment to Canada, was passed. He resigned from this post on May 12, 1986 after investigations into suspected conflicts of interest were initiated. At the same time he was from September 17, 1984 to July 3, 1986 also chairman of the cabinet committee for economic and regional development. In the course of this investigation, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Erik Nielsen resigned on June 30, 1986 .

After the dissolution of the Progressive-Conservative Party on December 7, 2003, Stevens joined the Progressive Canadian Party, which was founded on March 29, 2004, and was chaired on December 1, 2007, succeeding Tracy Parsons.

Publications

  • A View from the Top , in: Optimum , 1979
  • Inside the 1983 Progressive Conservative Leadership Campaign , in: Parliamentarian , April 1984
  • Only winners in NATO's war were the arms manufacturers , in: CCPA Monitor , November 1999
  • Conflicting interest , in: The Walrus , November / December 2003

Web links and sources

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ newspapers-online.com , accessed April 23, 2017
  2. ^ Canadian Ministries at rulers.org
  3. ^ Canadian Ministries at rulers.org
  4. ^ Party Leaders of the Progressive Canadian Party
personal data
SURNAME Stevens, Sinclair
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stevens, Sinclair McKnight (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian lawyer, entrepreneur, journalist and politician of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC)
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Esquesing Township , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 2016