John Munro (Canadian politician)
John Carr Munro PC ( born March 16, 1931 in Hamilton, Ontario; † 19 August 2003) was a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada, who was 22 years Member of the House of Commons and Minister several times.
Life
Lawyer, local politician and Member of Parliament
After schooling Munro graduated, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). Another study of law, he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws ( LL.B. ), and then worked as an attorney, solicitor and barrister.
In 1955, he began his political career in local politics when he was elected until 1962 as Assistant Secretary ( Alderman ) of Hamilton. In the general election of 10 June 1957, Munro applied as a candidate of the Liberal Party in the constituency of Hamilton East for the first time for a seat in the lower house, but it suffered a defeat. In the subsequent elections on 18 June 1962 he was elected a deputy in the lower house and represented in this up to his mandate resignation on June 30, 1984 the constituency of Hamilton East.
In May 1963 he took his first government post as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and was then from March 1964 to July 1965 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Health and Welfare and from July to September 1965 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Trade and Industry. After again until September 1966, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration of January, he served between October 1966 and April 1968 as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Manpower and Immigration.
Minister and unsuccessful candidate for the party presidency
On April 20, 1968 Munro was appointed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as Minister without portfolio for the first time in the 20th Canadian Cabinet, and was following a government reshuffle a few months later, on July 6, 1968 to November 26, 1972 both Minister of National Health and Minister of amateur Sport. After a further reshuffle he was on November 27, 1972 Minister of Labour and resigned from this minister on September 8, 1978 for personal reasons, after it had come between him and Trudeau to disagreements over the conduct of ministers.
Despite the recent disagreements appointed him Trudeau after the re- election victory of the Liberal Party in the general election of 18 February 1980 on 3 March 1980 in the 22 Government of Canada, in which he that by the end of Trudeau's term of office on June 29, 1984 Office of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern development held. At the same time he was between February 1981 and 1984 in the Cabinet also responsible Regional Minister for the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory.
Following the resignation Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party Munro was at the party on June 16, 1984 Circle of successor candidates, but reached on the first ballot with 93 delegates' votes only sixth among the seven candidates. In the second ballot response was to John Turner with 1862 delegates' votes (54 percent) clearly against the two remaining competitors Jean Chrétien ( 1398 votes and 40 percent) and Don Johnston (192 votes and 6 percent) by.
On June 30, 1984, he resigned from his House seat after he was appointed to the Traffic Commission (Canadian Transport Commission ).
In the elections of 21 November 1988 he finally ran in the constituency Lincoln again for a seat in the House, but failed there.
To him, the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport was named in honor.