Canadian lawyer, actuary and politician
Malcolm Wallace McCutcheon
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In office
August 9, 1962 ? May 13, 1968
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Appointed by
| John Diefenbaker
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Born
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1906-05-18
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May 18, 1906
London, Ontario
, Canada
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Died
| January 23, 1969
(1969-01-23)
(aged 62)
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Political party
| Progressive Conservative
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Cabinet
| Minister without portfolio (1962-1963)
Minister of Trade and Commerce (1963)
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Malcolm Wallace McCutcheon
,
CBE
PC
QC
(May 18, 1906 – January 23, 1969) was a
Canadian
lawyer, actuary and politician.
Life and career
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Wallace McCutcheon was born in
London, Ontario
. During
World War II
, he was a member of the
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
.
Together with
Edward Plunkett Taylor
and Colonel
W. Eric Phillips
, he was a founder of the
Argus Corporation
, an investment company that controlled a variety of businesses, including
Massey Ferguson
farm machinery and
Dominion grocery stores
.
He was appointed to the
Senate of Canada
on August 9, 1962, on the recommendation of Prime Minister
John Diefenbaker
. McCutcheon sat in the caucus of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
and represented the senatorial division of
Gormley, Ontario
.
He served as a
Minister without portfolio
in Diefenbaker's government from his appointment to February 11, 1963, when he was promoted to
Minister of Trade and Commerce
. His promotion was generally regarded as a move to shore up support for the Progressive Conservatives among members of Canada's financial sector.
The Progressive Conservatives were defeated in the
1963 federal election
, and the Diefenbaker government resigned on April 21, 1963. McCutcheon later supported
Dalton Camp
's efforts to call a
leadership review
and remove Diefenbaker as party leader.
[1]
McCutcheon provided financial support for the
Progressive Conservative Party of British Columbia
in the
1963 provincial election
. He was also a fundraiser for the
University of Toronto
.
[2]
McCutcheon ran for the leadership of the PC Party at the
1967 leadership convention
, placing sixth out of eleven candidate on the first ballot, and withdrawing from the race after the second ballot to endorse the eventual winner,
Robert Stanfield
.
McCutcheon ran as an unabashed "small-c conservative", i.e., a candidate of the party's right-wing. He had considerable support and financing from
Bay Street
,
Toronto
's
financial district
.
He campaigned aggressively against "big government" and "creeping
socialism
". He used dozens of attractive young women in his demonstration at the convention (dubbed "blonde goddesses" by the
Toronto Star
), and advocated a guaranteed annual income of $10,000 per adult as an alternative to the various social programs offered by different levels of government. He also advocated a "made-in-Canada" constitution to replace the
British North America Acts
and to guarantee the rights of Canadians, including language and cultural rights. He opposed public
medicare
.
[3]
He resigned from the Senate on May 13, 1968, in order to contest the
1968 federal election
as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the Ontario
riding
of
York?Simcoe
. He placed second with 13,100 votes (37.3% of the vote), compared to 15,906 won by
John Roberts
.
McCutcheon died in 1969, at the age of 62.
Archives
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There is a Malcolm Wallace McCutcheon
fonds
at
Library and Archives Canada
.
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References
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External links
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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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