Frank Charles McGee (3 March 1926 - 4 April 1999) was a Canadian businessman, member of parliament, and, briefly, a Cabinet minister Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Parliament of Canada (Parlement du Canada is Canada 's legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The Cabinet of Canada (Cabinet du Canada plays an important role in the Government of Canada, in accordance with the Westminster System.
McGee had a family history of public service. Both of his grandfathers held positions; John Joseph McGee as Clerk of the Privy Council from 1882 to 1907, and his maternal grandfather, Charles McCool, served as an MP. John Joseph McGee (died April 10, 1927) was Clerk of the Privy Council of Canada from May 20 1882 to May 5 1907 and is the longest-serving occupant of The Clerk of the Privy Council (Greffier du Conseil privé is the senior Civil servant in the government and the Secretary to the Canadian Cabinet. Charles Arthur McCool ( February 27, 1853 &ndash March 19, 1926) was a Canadian politician Frank McGee was also a grand-nephew of Father of Confederation and member of parliament, D'arcy McGee. Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 from the Thomas D'Arcy McGee, PC, ( April 13, 1825 &ndash April 7, 1868) was a Canadian journalist, Father of Confederation
Early career and parliament
McGee studied journalism at what was then Carleton College in Ottawa. This article is about Carleton College in Northfield Minnesota Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. In 1943, he enlisted in the Canadian military at the age of 17 and served until the end of World War II in 1945. The Canadian Forces (CF ( French: Forces canadiennes) are the unified Armed forces of Canada, governed by the National Defence World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He settled in Toronto after the war where he worked as a purchase manager for Sears. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario A Purchasing Manager is an employee within a Company, Business or other Organization who is responsible at some level for buying or approving the acquisition Sears Canada Inc ( (more commonly referred to as "Sears" is a Retailer, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, that operates in all provinces
A Progressive Conservative, McGee was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the MP for York-Scarborough in the 1957 general election that saw the Tories form a minority government under John George Diefenbaker. The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ( PC) ( Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) ( 1867 – 2003) was a Canadian The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and York—Scarborough was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1988 In the political tradition of some English-speaking countries, the term Tory has referred to a variety of political parties and Creeds since it was McGee was re-elected in 1958 when the Conservatives formed a majority government and 1962 when they were reduced again to a minority. He became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration in 1962 and held the position until Diefenbaker appointed him to Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio in March 1963, weeks before the April 1963 election in which the Conservatives lost power and McGee lost his seat. The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration ( French: Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l'Immigration) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian A Minister without Portfolio is either a Government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry.
McGee was unsuccessful in his attempt to regain his York-Scarborough seat in the 1965 election. York—Scarborough was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1988 He ran again in the 1972 election and was initially thought to have been elected, an accomplishment that would have made the Progressive Conservatives under Robert Stanfield the largest party in the House of Commons which may have resulted in a Tory minority government. Robert Lorne Stanfield, PC, QC ( April 11, 1914 – December 16, 2003) was Premier of Nova Scotia However, a judicial recount determined that McGee had lost the election by four votes.
Post parliament work
As an MP, McGee was a strong opponent of capital punishment, and in 1960 he introduced a private members bill to abolish the practice. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. His stance was initially unpopular and led to death threats against himself and his family. Though his bill did not pass his initiative led to amendments to the Criminal Code abolishing capital punishment for several crimes. The movement for abolition led to capital punishment being halted in practice in 1962 with the practice being formally abolished in 1976. McGee also worked to remove corporal punishments from the Criminal Code of Canada such as use of the cat-o'-nine-tails. He also advocated liberalization of Canada's divorce laws and legal reforms to improve the status of women.
Following his departure from parliament, McGee worked as a political reporter for the Toronto Star and was also host of the CBC television program The Sixties. The Toronto Star is Canada 's highest-circulation newspaper though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario. CBC Television is a Canadian English language Television network. In 1984, he was appointed to the Security Intelligence Review Committee for a five year term. The Security Intelligence Review Committee ( SIRC) is an independent agency of the Government of Canada empowered to oversee and review the operations of Canada's In 1990 he was appointed a Citizenship Judge. A citizenship judge is an Official or Judge of the Canadian government.
References
- Parliament of Canada Frank Charles McGee Retrieved on July 31, 2007
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