Preceded by Marvin Howe Succeeded by Murray Calder Residence Ottawa, Canada | Role Canadian Politician Name Perrin Beatty | |
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Preceded by None (district created) Preceded by None (district created) Full Name Henry Perrin Beatty Born June 1, 1950 (age 73)
Toronto, Ontario ( 1950-06-01 ) Political party Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Profession Businessman, Corporate Executive, Politician Party Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Education Upper Canada College, University of Western Ontario | ||
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Henry Perrin Beatty, PC (born June 1, 1950) is a Canadian corporate executive and former politician.
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Life and career
Beatty is a graduate of Upper Canada College in Toronto, Ontario, and of the University of Western Ontario in London.
He first won election to the Canadian House of Commons 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), Defence Minister (1986 – 1989), Minister of National Health and Welfare (1989 – 1991), and the now-defunct position of Minister of Communications (1991 – 1993).
Despite long being touted as a future Tory leader, Beatty did not run in the 1993 Progressive Conservative leadership convention 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 Chrétien 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.
On August 28, 2008 it was announced that Beatty has been named as the chancellor of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in Oshawa, Ontario. He also sits on the board of directors for the Canadian International Council and the advisory council of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute.
In 2012 Beatty received an honorary Certified International Trade Professional (CITP) designation from the Forum for International Trade Training.