Perrin Beatty
The Honourable Perrin Beatty PC |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Waterloo |
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In office 1972–1979 |
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Preceded by | Marvin Howe |
Succeeded by | None (district abolished) |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe |
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In office 1979–1988 |
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Preceded by | None (district created) |
Succeeded by | None (district abolished) |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe |
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In office 1988–1993 |
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Preceded by | None (district created) |
Succeeded by | Murray Calder |
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Born | Henry Perrin Beatty June 1, 1950 Toronto, Ontario |
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Residence | Ottawa, Ontario |
Profession | Businessman, Corporate Executive, Politician |
Henry Perrin Beatty, PC (born June 1, 1950) is a Canadian corporate executive and former politician.
Life and career[edit]
Beatty is a graduate of Upper Canada College in Toronto, Ontario, and of the University of Western Ontario in London.
He first won election to the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative at the age of 22 in the 1972 election.
In 1979 he became, at the time, the youngest person ever appointed to a Canadian Cabinet when Prime Minister Joe Clark made Beatty his minister of state for the Treasury Board in his short-lived government. Beatty returned to the opposition benches as a result of the defeat of the Clark government in the 1980 election.
With the Conservative victory in the 1984 election, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney made Beatty Minister of National Revenue and Minister responsible for Canada Post. He subsequently served as Solicitor General of Canada (1985 – 1986), Defence Minister (1986 – 1989), Minister of National Health and Welfare (1989 – 1991), and the now-defunct position of Minister of Communications (1991 – 1993).
Despite long being touted as a future Tory leader, Beatty did not run in the 1993 Progressive Conservative leadership convention to succeed Mulroney. He was promoted to Secretary of State for External Affairs in the short-lived government of Mulroney's successor, Kim Campbell, but lost his seat in the 1993 election which returned only two Tory MPs.
In 1995 the Liberal government of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed Beatty President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, a position he held until 1999 when he became president and CEO of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, a business association that promotes the interests of Canadian industry and exporters. In August 2007 Beatty left the CME to become president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
On August 28, 2008 it was announced that Beatty has been named as the chancellor of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in Oshawa, Ontario. He also sits on the board of directors for the Canadian International Council and the advisory council of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute.
In 2012 Beatty received an honorary Certified International Trade Professional (CITP) designation from the Forum for International Trade Training.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ "CdnChamberofCommerce on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
- ^ "FITT - Watch Hon. Perrin Beatty, CITP, on CTV News Power... | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
External links[edit]
- Perrin Beatty – Parliament of Canada biography
- Henry Perrin Beatty, at The Canadian Encyclopedia
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Toronto
- Members of the 21st Canadian Ministry
- Members of the 24th Canadian Ministry
- Members of the 25th Canadian Ministry
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
- Members of the United Church of Canada
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
- University of Western Ontario alumni
- Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
- Presidents of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Upper Canada College alumni
- Canadian Secretaries of State for External Affairs
- Canadian Ministers of Health and Welfare
- Solicitors General of Canada