Canadian corporate executive and politician
Ed Lumley
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In office
1974?1984
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Preceded by
| Lucien Lamoureux
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Succeeded by
| Norman Warner
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In office
2006?2019
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Succeeded by
| Mary Jo Haddad
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Born
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1939-10-27
)
October 27, 1939
(age 84)
Windsor
,
Ontario
, Canada
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Political party
| Liberal
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Cabinet
| Minister of Communications (1984)
Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion (1983?1984)
Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce (1982?1983)
Minister of Regional Economic Expansion (1982?1983)
Minister of State for Science and Technology (1984)
Minister of State (International Trade) (1982)
Minister of State (Trade) (1980?1982)
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Portfolio
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance (1977?1978)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion (1976?1977)
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Edward C. Lumley
,
PC
CM
(born October 27, 1939) is a
Canadian
corporate executive and former politician.
Born in
Windsor, Ontario
, he received a
Bachelor of Commerce
degree in 1961 from Assumption University (predecessor of the
University of Windsor
). Lumley established himself in business in
Cornwall
in the other end of the province before entering politics. He served as Mayor of Cornwall between 1972 and 1974,
[1]
[2]
and was first elected to the
House of Commons of Canada
as the
Liberal
Member of Parliament
for
Stormont?Dundas
in the
1974 federal election
.
In 1976, Lumley became
parliamentary secretary
to the
Minister of Regional Economic Expansion
. From 1977 to 1978, he served as parliamentary secretary to the
Minister of Finance
.
Lumley survived the
1979 election
that defeated the Liberal government. The Liberals returned to power in the
1980 federal election
and
Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau
appointed Lumley to the
cabinet
as
Minister of State
for Trade.
[3]
After serving in a few other minor portfolios, he was promoted to
Minister of Industry
[4]
and Minister of Regional Economic Expansion in 1982.
Trudeau's successor,
John Turner
, made Lumley his
Minister of Communications
and Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion in 1984. Lumley was defeated in the
1984 federal election
that fall.
Following his electoral defeat, Lumley returned to the private sector and became an influential corporate figure. He has served as vice-chairman of
BMO Nesbitt Burns
since 1991, lead director of
Magna International
, and a board member of
Bell Canada Enterprises
,
Canadian National Railway
and
Air Canada
.
In 2000, he was appointed to lead a commission examining salaries and compensation for Members of Parliament.
A friend of the former prime minister,
Paul Martin
, he had been consulted by Martin's government on various issues.
In 2006, he was appointed Chancellor of the University of Windsor.
On July 1, 2014, he was appointed as a member of the
Order of Canada
.
[5]
References
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edit
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1
The offices of Minister of Communications, and Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship were abolished and the office of
Minister of Canadian Heritage
came in force July 12, 1996.
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Ministers of Trade and Commerce (1892?1969)
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Ministers of Industry (1963?69)
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Ministers of Industry, Trade and Commerce (1969?83)
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Minister of State for International Trade (1979?80)
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Minister of State (Trade) (1980?82)
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Ministers of State (International Trade) (1982?83)
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Ministers of International Trade (1983?2018)
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Minister of International Trade Diversification (2018?)
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Corporate
directors
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Fixed-line
telecommunications
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Mobile
telecommunications
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Television services
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Other properties
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Advertising and
sponsorships
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An additional 9.5% interest is held by the BCE Master Trust Fund (Bell's pension plan).
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