Roy MacLaren (politician)

Roy MacLaren PC ( born October 26, 1934 in Vancouver, British Columbia ) is a Canadian manager, author, publisher, diplomat and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada, which had several deputy of the lower house, some ministers and last High Commissioner in the UK.

Life

Diplomat, business manager and deputy House

After schooling MacLaren holds a degree in historical sciences, which he Catharine 's College, graduating with both a Bachelor of Arts ( BA) at the University of British Columbia and a Master of Arts (MA) at St University of Cambridge and in 1957 Diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada. During his tenure there, he also found uses in the foreign missions in Vietnam, Czechoslovakia, as well as at the United Nations in New York City and Geneva. Another study of theology, he finished at Trinity College, University of Toronto with a Master of Divinity ( M.Div. ).

In 1969 he left the diplomatic service for a change in the private sector and was director of public relations at the agricultural machinery manufacturer Massey Ferguson 1974 and then president of the Canadian branch of the Ogilvy & Mather, before he became president of the publishing company CB Media was founded in 1977. He also worked as a writer and publisher, and was primarily involved in his numerous, partly autobiographical books with the history of Canada.

In the general election of 22 May 1979, he was first elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party to the deputies in the lower house and represented in this up to his defeat in the elections of 4 September 1984 the constituency of Etobicoke North.

On 4 March 1980 he took over his first government position and had to be February 28, 1982 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources. At the same time he was on April 14, 1980 to November 30, 1983 Co - Chairman of the Joint Special Committee of the Parliament of Canada for the reform of the Canadian Senate, and then between August 17, 1983 to June 29, 1984 Minister of State for Finance.

Minister and High Commissioner in the UK

Prime Minister John Turner called him afterwards on 30 June 1984 as Minister of National Income in the 23 Canadian Cabinet, where he served in this capacity until the end of Turner's brief tenure on September 16, 1984.

MacLaren was again elected in the general election on 21 November 1988 for deputies in the lower house and took this time to his mandate resignation on 24 January 1996 again the electoral district of Etobicoke North. In the following years he was from February 1989 to March 1989. Within the Liberal first opposition spokesman for finance and later from September 1990 to September 1993 Opposition Spokesperson on International Trade

After the electoral victory of the Liberal Party in the general election of 25 October 1993 MacLaren was appointed by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in the 26th Government of Canada on November 4, 1993, as he held until his resignation on January 24, 1996 Minister of International Trade had.

After retiring from government and the House of Commons he was on 24 January 1996, became adviser to Prime Minister Chrétien, before he was appointed on 23 June 1996 as the successor of Royce Frith High Commissioner in the UK. This diplomatic tip held office MacLaren up to his replacement by the former Ambassador to Italy, Malta and Albania, Jeremy KB Kinsman, from the year 2000.

Currently, MacLaren involved including as Chairman of the Canadian- Indian Business Council.

Publications

  • Canadians in Russia, 1918-1919, Toronto 1976
  • Canadians on the Nile, 1882-1898: being the adventures of the voyageurs on the Khartoum relief expedition and other exploits, Vancouver 1978
  • Canadians behind enemy lines, 1939-1945, Vancouver 1981, 2nd edition 2004
  • Honourable mentions: the diary of uncommon to MP, Toronto 1986
  • The Canadian nation in on interdependent world, 1989
  • Part of the Americas: a liberal policy for Canada in the Western Hemisphere, co-author Lloyd Axworthy, Ottawa 1991 * Wide open: in search of an independent, global trade policy for Canada: a preliminary trade discussion paper, Ottawa 1991
  • African exploits: the diaries of William Stairs, 1887-1892, Montreal, 1998
  • Commissions High: Canada in London, 1870-1971, Montreal 2006
High Commissioner (Commonwealth) Diplomatic mission Autobiography Canadian federal election, 1979 Canadian federal election, 1984 Senate of Canada List of Prime Ministers of Canada 23rd Canadian Ministry Canadian federal election, 1988 26th Canadian Ministry Jeremy Kinsman
695151
de