Canadian politician (1930?2012)
John Lynch-Staunton
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Interim
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In office
December 7, 2003 ? March 20, 2004
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Preceded by
| Position established
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Succeeded by
| Stephen Harper
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In office
December 7, 1993 ? September 30, 2004
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Prime Minister
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Preceded by
| Royce Frith
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Succeeded by
| Noel Kinsella
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In office
September 23, 1990 ? June 19, 2005
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Nominated by
| Brian Mulroney
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Appointed by
| Ray Hnatyshyn
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Preceded by
| Leopold Langlois
(1988)
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Succeeded by
| Andree Champagne
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In office
October 24, 1960 ? November 10, 1974
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Preceded by
| Multi-member district
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Succeeded by
| Nick Auf der Maur
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Born
| John George Lynch-Staunton
(
1930-06-19
)
June 19, 1930
Montreal
,
Quebec
, Canada
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Died
| August 17, 2012
(2012-08-17)
(aged 82)
Pincher Creek
,
Alberta
, Canada
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Political party
| Conservative
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Other political
affiliations
| Progressive Conservative
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Spouse
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Juliana de Kuyper
(
m.
1958)
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Children
| 5
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Residence(s)
| Montreal
, Quebec
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Alma mater
| Georgetown University
(
BSc
)
Queen's University
(
MA
)
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John George Lynch-Staunton
(June 19, 1930 ? August 17, 2012) was a
Canadian
senator
, who served as interim leader of the
Conservative Party of Canada
, from December 2003 to March 2004. He represented the Senate division of Grandville, Quebec. Lynch-Staunton was the first Senator to lead a federal political party since
Arthur Meighen
from 1941 to 1942.
Early years and education
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Born in
Montreal
,
Quebec
, Lynch-Staunton was educated at
College Stanislas
and
College Jean-de-Brebeuf
in Montreal. He obtained a
B.Sc
in Foreign Service from
Georgetown University
in
Washington, D.C.
in 1953, and did graduate work towards a
Master of Arts
degree in Canadian History at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, from 1953 to 1955.
Family
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Lynch-Staunton married Juliana de Kuyper in 1958. The couple had five children: Mark (d: 2013), Peter (d: 2015),
[1]
Gabrielle, Sophie and Sean.
Lynch-Staunton has 9 grandchildren: Caitlin, Harrison, Connor, Juliana, Aidan, Jaryd, Monique, Jack, Matthew and Tyce (b: 2016).
City councillor
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Lynch-Staunton was elected to the
city council
of
Montreal
in 1960. He represented the district of
Cote-des-Neiges
and was a member of
Mayor
Jean Drapeau
's
Parti civique de Montreal
. He was re-elected in 1962, 1966 and 1970. Mayor Drapeau appointed him to the executive committee as vice chairman. In 1974 he lost his bid for re-election to
Nick Auf der Maur
as the
Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montreal (RCM)
achieved its first political breakthrough.
Provincial politics
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Lynch-Staunton ran as a
Union Nationale
candidate for a provincial
by-election
in the district of
Notre-Dame-de-Grace
in 1968. He was defeated by
Liberal
candidate
William Tetley
.
[2]
Senator
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Lynch-Staunton was appointed to the Senate on the recommendation of
Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney
on September 23, 1990. The following year, he was appointed Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, and he became
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
in December 1993 following the
Liberal
victory in
that year's general election
. From December 8, 2003, with the merger of the
Canadian Alliance
and the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
ratified by both parties, he served as
interim leader
of the new
Conservative Party of Canada
until the election of
Stephen Harper
in March 2004. "Lynch-Staunton's high-road leadership of a Senate majority in opposition to an elected majority government in the Commons is a model for students of Parliament
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? and for future reference when history repeats itself". He remained Leader of the Opposition in the Senate until September 30, 2004, and retired from Parliament when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 on June 19, 2005.
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Retirement
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Lynch-Staunton won a council seat in
Stanstead
in the Quebec municipal elections on November 1, 2009.
[5]
Death
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Lynch-Staunton died on August 17, 2012, following a
heart attack
while he was at a family reunion in
Pincher Creek
,
Alberta
; he was 82 years old.
[4]
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