Lawrence Cannon

Lawrence Cannon PC ( born December 6, 1947 in Quebec City, Quebec ) is a Canadian politician of the Conservative Party of Canada and a former foreign minister.

Life

Ethnicity, study and career

Cannon, whose father was a lawyer of Irish descent, was a native of both paternal and maternal from influential political family from Quebec: Already his great- grandfather William Power was from 1902 to 1908 and from 1911 to 1917 member of the Canadian House of Commons, as well as his grandfather Lucien Cannon, the longtime House member, Solicitor General of Canada and Supreme Court of Québec was. His maternal grandfather, Charles Gavan Power, had been not only about fifty years, the House deputy and senator, but also several times minister. In addition, his two uncles Charles Arthur Cannon and Francis Gavon Power belonged to the House of Commons as a member. Furthermore, his great-uncle Joseph Ignatius Power, Arthur Lawrence Cannon and William Gerard Power were longtime members of the National Assembly of Quebec. The Supreme Court of Canada, Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon was also a great-uncle of him.

He studied post-school first political science at the University of Montreal and graduated in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Political Science ) from. Another post-graduate studies in management at the University of Laval in Quebec City, he finished in 1979 with a Master of Business Administration (MBA). Subsequently, he was in the private sector, initially with between 1979 and 1981 an analyst at Société de Développement Industriel before he was 1981-1985 President and General Manager of the company Les Radiateurs Roy Itee.

Political career

His political career began in 1985 in Cannon libéral the Parti du Québec with the election of a member of the National Assembly of Quebec, in which he represented the constituency of La Peltrie to 1994. During this time he was appointed in 1990 by Robert Bourassa, Prime Minister of Quebec, the Minister of Communications of Québec and held that post until 1994. In 2001 he was also a member of the City Council of Gatineau and belonged to this since then.

After joining the Conservative Party of Canada Cannon was elected in the elections of 23 January 2006 as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and represented this constituency Pontiac. Immediately after the election, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed him as Minister of Transport Canada, Infrastructure and Communities in his cabinet. After a cabinet reshuffle Cannon finally took over on 30 October 2008 by David Emerson, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. At the general election in 2011 he was defeated by NDP candidate Mathieu Ravignat.

External links and sources

  • Personal homepage
  • Lawrence Cannon, biographical information on the website of the Canadian Parliament (English)
  • Lawrence Cannon at the Notable Names Database (English)
  • Rulers.org
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