Mitchell Sharp
Mitchell William Sharp, PC, CC (May 11, 1911 – March 19, 2004) was a Canadian politician and a Companion of the Order of Canada, was most noted for his service as a Liberal Cabinet minister. He had, however, served in both private and public sectors during his long career.
Background
Sharp was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He earned his BA from the University of Manitoba in 1934 and completed post-graduate work at that university and then at the London School of Economics. During this time, he worked as a writer focusing on the grain trade.
Sharp started his long career in public service in 1947 when he was offered the job as the director of the Department of Finance's Economic Policy Division. From 1951 to 1957, Sharp served as the Associate Deputy Minister of Trade and Commerce. During his tenure, he was responsible for international trade relations. Soon after, Sharp served a short term as the Deputy Minister of Trade and Commerce. He also proposed the Third Option.
Politics
'Mitchell Sharp' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Trudeau (2002)
Actors: Yvon Aucoin (actor), Doug Barron (actor), Peter Blais (actor), Robert Bockstael (actor), Don Bottomley (actor), Raymond Bouchard (actor), Rick Burchill (actor), Lee J. Campbell (actor), Michel-André Cardin (actor), Stan Carew (actor), Bill Carr (actor), David Christoffel (actor), Joe Clark (actor), Raymond Cloutier (actor), Jeremy Akerman (actor),
Plot: In 1968, Canada saw the election of a Prime Minister unlike any other in its history, Pierre Elliot Trudeau. Handsome, witty, idealistic, flamboyant, courageous and debonair Trudeau rides on an unheard of crest of popularity nicknamed "Trudeaumania" that sweeps him into the highest political office in the country. At the same time, he develops a passionate romance with a young Margaret Sinclair that soon leads to marriage. However, events would put both Pierre's political and personal life under the gun as he must struggle with traumatic events like the terrorist crisis that grips Quebec in October 1970 which forces him to declare temporary martial law being but the first of the major challenges. At the same time, the demands of being a Prime Minister's wife takes its own toll on Margaret as her relationship with Pierre begins to disintergrate. Eventually, both pressures do their harm as the couple divorces and Pierre's political standing falls even as his Quebec Seperatist foes rise in power in Quebec and threaten to tear the country apart. With soul searching and difficult confrontations both in the political and private spheres, Pierre Trudeau faces the greatest challenges of his career. Those tasks of fighting to keep Quebec in Canada and then striving to bring home the Canadian Constitution complete with an entrenched Charter of Rights and Freedoms will leave an indelible mark on the nation even while he struggles to reconcile, however partially, with the woman he loved.
Keywords: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, canada, canadian, character-name-in-title, constitution, constitutional-rights, constitutionality-of-law, ethnic-conflictGenres: Biography, Drama,
Sharp, Mitchell Filmography
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2000, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1994, role: actor , character name: Himself
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1994, role: actor , character name: Himself - Constitutional Conference, 1968
