Jack Pickersgill

John "Jack" Whitney Pickersgill PC CC ( born June 23, 1905 in Wyecombe, Ontario; † 14 November 1997) was a Canadian university lecturer, shipping company entrepreneur, author and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada, 14-year member of the Canadian House of Commons, several times Minister and President of the Transport Commission was.

Life

After schooling completed Pickersgill studying history at the University of Manitoba, he holds a Master of Arts (MA) graduated in 1927 with a thesis on Canadian responsible government from British Hansard and other sources. Another study of law, he finished with a Doctor of Laws ( LL.D. ) and then worked as a teacher of the history of Canada in Winnipeg, university lecturer and shipowners.

Later he moved into government service and was initially staff at the State Department before he deputy private secretary and later special assistant to Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King in 1945. On 1 June 1952 he was secretary of the Privy Council, and was in this capacity until 1954 at the same time Secretary of the Cabinet with the rank of vice minister.

In the general election of 10 August 1953, he was first elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party as a delegate in the House of Commons and represented in this up to his mandate resignation on September 19, 1967 the constituency Bonavista - Twillingate.

On 12 June 1953 he was appointed by Prime Minister Louis Saint -Laurent in the 17th Canadian cabinet and took over for the first time the Office of the Secretary of State for Canada, before after from 1 July 1954 to the end of Saint- Laurent's tenure, he at 20 June. , 1957 Minister of Citizenship and Immigration was.

Prime Minister Lester Pearson appointed Pickersgill on April 22, 1963, in turn, to the Secretary of State for Canada in the 19th Government of Canada and remained in this position until 22 February 1964. At the same time he was between 16 May and 21 December in 1963 as chairman of the faction of the Liberal Party and leader of the ruling majority in the House ( leader of the Government in the House of Commons ). Most recently, he was Transport Minister in 1964 at a Cabinet reshuffle on 3 February and held this office until his resignation on 18 September 1967.

After retiring from the government and the House of Commons he was on September 19, 1967 President of the Canadian Transport Commission (Canadian Transport Commission ) appointed. In this role, he shortened growing investment and funding for Canadian National, thus helping to accelerate the expansion of the airline Air Canada.

For his many years of service as a politician, but also as an author of historical reference books Pickersgill was appointed on 18 December 1970 Companion of the Order of Canada.

Publications

  • Canadian responsible government from British Hansard and other sources, Thesis ( MA), University of Manitoba, 1927
  • Communism and fascism; the coming war of religions, Winnipeg 1937
  • A great ship anchored in the gulf: Summary of Hon JW Pickersgill 's report on the troubles in Newfoundland, 1959
  • The Mackenzie King record, co-author DF Forster, 4 volumes, Toronto 1960-1970
  • The Liberal Party, Toronto 1962
  • Louis St. Laurent, Don Mills 1972 Neuflagen 1981 and 2001
  • My years with Louis St. Laurent: a political memoir, Toronto 1975
  • The road back: by a Liberal in opposition Toronto 1986
  • Seeing Canada wholesale: a memoir, Markham 1994
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