Gordon O'Connor

Gordon James O'Connor ( born May 18, 1939 in Toronto, Ontario ) is a retired Brigadier General of the Canadian Armed Forces as well as politicians of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Life

After schooling O'Connor initially studied mathematics at Concordia University in Montreal and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. Mathematics ) from. A subsequent post-graduate studies in philosophy at York University in Toronto, he finished with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Philosophy). He then entered the military service and rose to during his thirty years of service to brigadier general in the Canadian Forces country Force Command.

After ending his active service, O'Connor moved to the private sector and was initially 1996-2004 lobbyist for BAE Systems, the second largest defense company in the world, and at the same time from 1996 to 2001 by General Dynamics. In addition, he was a senior partner of the PR agency Hill & Knowlton.

2004 O'Connor was first elected as a candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada as a member of the lower house and initially represented the electoral district of Carleton / Lanark. In the general election of 23 January 2006 he was finally elected to the House again for the electoral district of Carleton / Mississippi Mills.

Immediately after the election, on 6 February 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed O'Connor Minister of National Defence in his cabinet. In a cabinet reshuffle on 14 August 2007, he was replaced by Peter MacKay in this office, and he took over the office of the Minister of National Income, which he held until 29 October 2008. Since then, he is Minister of State and Parliamentary Secretary (Chief Government Whip ) of the Government Group in the House of Commons.

External links and sources

  • Gordon O'Connor, biographical information on the website of the Canadian Parliament (English)
  • Gordon O'Connor in the Notable Names Database (English)
  • Canadian Ministries ( rulers.org )
  • Military person (Canada)
  • Member of the House of Commons (Canada)
  • Federal Minister (Canada)
  • Member of the Canadian Privy Council
  • Member of the Conservative Party of Canada
  • Manager
  • Born in 1939
  • Man
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