Charles T. Canady

Charles Terrance Canady ( born June 22, 1954 in Lakeland, Florida) is an American lawyer and politician. Between 1993 and 2001 he represented the state of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Canady attended Haverford College until 1976. After a subsequent law degree at Yale Law School and in 1979 made ​​his admission to the bar he began in Lakeland to work in his new profession. In 1983 and 1984 he was a consultant to the regional planning commission for the central part of the state of Florida. Politically Canady was first a member of the Democratic Party. In late 1986 he moved to the Republicans. From 1984 to 1990 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Florida. In 1990 he ran unsuccessfully for the state Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1992, Canady was in the twelfth electoral district of Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Tom Lewis on January 3, 1993. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 2001, four legislative sessions. In 1998, he was one of the deputies who were entrusted with the implementation of the failed impeachment of President Bill Clinton. In 2000, Charles Canady waived for reelection.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Canady was initially advisor to Governor Jeb Bush. Since 2002 he has served as a judge at the Court of Appeal in the second judicial district of his state. In 2008, Charles Canady was appointed as a judge to the Supreme Court of Florida; Since July 2010 he leads as Chief Justice presided.