Canadian corporate executive and former politician
Perrin Beatty
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In office
June 24, 1993 ? November 3, 1993
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Prime Minister
| Kim Campbell
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Preceded by
| Barbara McDougall
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Succeeded by
| Andre Ouellet
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In office
October 30, 1972 ? October 24, 1993
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Preceded by
| Marvin Howe
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Succeeded by
| Murray Calder
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Born
| Henry Perrin Beatty
(
1950-06-01
)
June 1, 1950
(age 73)
Toronto
,
Ontario
, Canada
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Political party
| Progressive Conservative
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Spouse
| Julie Beatty
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Children
| Patrick Beatty
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Residence(s)
| Ottawa
,
Ontario
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Profession
| Businessman, Corporate Executive, Politician
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Henry Perrin Beatty
PC
OC
(born June 1, 1950) is a
Canadian
corporate executive and former politician, who served as a
Progressive Conservative
of the House of Commons from 1972 to 1993, and as a cabinet minister from 1979 to 1980 and again from 1984 to 1993.
Life and career
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Beatty is a graduate of
Upper Canada College
in
Toronto
,
Ontario
,
[1]
and of the
University of Western Ontario
in
London
.
He first won election to the
House of Commons of Canada
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),
Minister of National Defence
(1986?1989),
Minister of National Health and Welfare
(1989?1991), and
Minister of Communications
(1991?1993).
Despite long being touted as a future Tory leader, Beatty did not run in the
1993 Progressive Conservative leadership election
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 Chretien
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.
[2]
Beatty served as Chancellor of the
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
(
UOIT
) in
Oshawa
,
Ontario
from 2008 to 2015. He has received honorary degrees from UOIT and Western University.
In 2012 Beatty received an honorary Certified International Trade Professional (CITP) designation from the
Forum for International Trade Training
.
[3]
[4]
In May 2020, Beatty was appointed to serve on Canada's
COVID-19 Supply Council
.
[5]
Honors
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Order of Canada (2018)
Publications
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- Book chapter:
Hong Kong: Canada's Partner in Prosperity
, 2011
[2]
References
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External links
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Secretaries of State for External Affairs (1909?83)
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Ministers of External Affairs (1983?95)
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Ministers of Foreign Affairs (1995?)
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Ministers of National Revenue
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Ministers of Customs and Inland Revenue (1918?21)
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Ministers of Customs and Excise (1921?27)
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Ministers of National Revenue
(1927?present)
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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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The office of Solicitor General was abolished and the office of Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness was in force April 4, 2005.
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