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Arthur (Art) C. Eggleton, PC (born September 29, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former Canadian Cabinet minister and Mayor of Toronto, and is currently a Senator representing Ontario. The Privy Council Office as it appeared in the 1880s The Queens Privy Council for Canada (French: Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada) is the council of advisers to the Queen of Canada, whose members are appointed by the Governor General of Canada for life on the...
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Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages None Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total...
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This is a list of mayors of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
The Senate of Canada (French: Le Sénat du Canada) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the House of Commons. ...
Eggleton, an accountant by profession, was first elected to Toronto city council in 1969. He was initially a reformer, serving as budget chief in the urban reform council elected in 1973 under David Crombie, however, he became more conservative as time progressed. A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ...
David Edward Crombie (born 1936) is a Canadian politician and professor and consultant. ...
He was the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate in a 1978 by-election in the Toronto riding of Parkdale, but was defeated. In 1980, he ran against left-wing mayor John Sewell, and was elected. His administration was generally pro-development and conservative. As mayor, Eggleton controversially refused to proclaim Pride Week. In 1985, he withstood a challenge from reformist city councillor Anne Johnston, a fellow Liberal, who ran against Eggleton for the mayoralty in that year's civic election. He retired from municipal politics in 1991 as the longest serving mayor in Toronto history. The Liberal Party of Canada (French: ), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party positioned at the centre of the political spectrum, combining a progressive social policy with moderate economics. ...
A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ...
In the British Isles since Anglo-Saxon times, a riding is traditionally a sub-division (especially in three) of a county, in Australia analogous. ...
Parkdale was a Canadian federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1979. ...
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Pride Week is an event held in Toronto, Ontario during the last week of June each year. ...
Anne Johnston (born 1932) was a longtime city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
He ran in the 1993 election in the suburban Toronto riding of York Centre, again as a Liberal, and won election. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed him to the position of President of the Treasury Board and Minister for Infrastructure in the new Cabinet. Popular vote map with bar graphs showing seat totals in the provinces and territories. ...
York Centre is a federal riding of Canada, a provincial riding of the province of Ontario and two municipal wards of the city of Toronto. ...
The Prime Minister of Canada (French: Premier ministre du Canada), is the head of the Government of Canada. ...
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, usually known as Jean Chrétien, PC, QC, BA, LLL, LLD (born January 11, 1934), served as the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003. ...
The position of President of the Treasury Board was created as a ministerial position in the Canadian Cabinet in 1966 when the Treasury Board became a fully-fledged department. ...
From January 1996 to June 1997, he served as Minister for International Trade. Eggleton retained his seat in the 1997 election, and was appointed Minister of National Defence. He is an honorary member of the Royal Military College of Canada student #S128. In the Cabinet of Canada, The Minister of International Trade is the head of the federal governments international trade department (International Trade Canada) and the provisions of treaties such as NAFTA. The post was first establishmed in 1983 as the Minister for International Trade. ...
A legislature is a governmental deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ...
36th Parliament The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ...
The Minister of National Defence (French: Ministre de la Défense nationale) is the Canadian politician within the Cabinet of Canada responsible for the Department of National Defence which oversees the Canadian Forces. ...
The Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), is the military academy of the Canadian Forces and is a full degree-granting university. ...
He was re-elected again in the 2000 election, but ran into trouble two years later when it was revealed that he gave a government contract to his ex-girlfriend Maggie Maier a $36,500 contract to write a report on post-traumatic stress disorder and environmental illness among Canadian soldiers. The deal was discovered by the Ottawa Citizen. It was one of a series of minor scandals affecting Liberal ministers at the time. On May 26, 2002, Eggleton was dismissed from Cabinet as due to the revelations. Another misstep in January 2002, when Mr. Eggleton as Defence Minister omitted to tell his Liberal colleagues that Canadian Forces in Afghanistan had detained persons and transferred them to the United States (who ultimately put them in Guantanamo Bay) led to questions about his competence in the House, and a widely reported rebuke from the PM. His career never recovered from this error. The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of Canada. ...
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As a backbencher, he became critical of Chrétien, and expressed his support for Paul Martin. Despite this, he was not returned to cabinet when Martin became Prime Minister in December 2003. On May 13, 2004, Eggleton announced he would not be a candidate in the 2004 federal election making way for the nomination of Ken Dryden as the Liberal candidate in York Centre. He was appointed to the Senate by Paul Martin on March 24, 2005. A backbencher is a Member of Parliament or a legislator who does not hold governmental office and is not a Front Bench spokesperson in the Opposition. ...
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The Canadian federal election, 2004 (more formally, the 38th general election), was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ...
Kenneth Wayne Ken Dryden, PC, MP, BA, LL.B (born August 8, 1947) is a Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, author and retired National Hockey League goaltender. ...
For other uses, see Paul Martin (disambiguation). ...
See also List of Ontario senators. This is a list of past and present Canadian senators representing the province of Ontario. ...
External links
- Political biography from the Library of Parliament
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