Michael Starr (politician)

Michael Starr, PC ( born November 14, 1910 in Copper Cliff, Ontario, † March 16, 2000 in Oshawa, actually Michael Starchewsky ) was a Canadian politician. He was from 1952 to 1968 deputy in the lower house. From 1957 to 1963 he was Minister of Labour in the progressive- conservative government of John Diefenbaker and the first member of the Federal Cabinet of Ukrainian origin.

Life

The son of Ukrainian immigrants began after leaving school to work as a clerk of a metal products factory, where he rose to a senior position. In 1944 he was elected to the City Council of Oshawa, 1949 for the mayor of this city. In 1951, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The following year he won a by-election and moved into the House of Commons. His mandate, he defended six times in a row. Starr was the preeminent representative of Ukrainian Canadians on a national and international level, his anti-communist speeches he held often in the Ukrainian language.

After the election victory in 1957 appointed Prime Minister John Diefenbaker Starr Minister of Labour. As such, he called numerous programs to life, who had to fight the seasonal unemployment and overcoming regional disparities to the destination. He remained until the progressive- conservative electoral defeat in 1963, in office. In opposition, he was in the years 1965 to 1968 Chairman of the Group in the House.

1967 Starr ran unsuccessfully for the party presidency in the general election in 1968 he was defeated by 15 votes Ed Broadbent, who later became chairman of the NDP. From 1973 to 1980 he headed the State Accident Insurance Fund of the Province of Ontario.