Mark MacGuigan
Mark Rudolph MacGuigan, PC (February 17, 1931 – January 12, 1998) was a Canadian academic and politician.
Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the son of Mark Rudolph MacGuigan and Agnes Violet Trainor,[1] he was educated at Saint Dunstan's University, the University of Toronto, Osgoode Hall Law School and Columbia University. He was a professor at Osgoode and the University of Toronto and was dean of law at the University of Windsor.
MacGuigan was elected as a Liberal Party candidate to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1968 general election. He was re-elected in 1972, 1974, 1979, and 1980.
In 1976, he took a turn at provincial politics and ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party. He lost to Stuart Smith at the leadership convention.
In 1980, he was appointed Secretary of State for External Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. He became Minister of Justice in 1982.
When Trudeau announced his retirement as Liberal leader and prime minister, MacGuigan ran to succeed him at the 1984 Liberal leadership convention. He placed fifth. He retired from politics following the convention, and became a judge on the federal Court of Appeal.
He died in Oklahoma City of liver cancer in 1998.
[edit] Further reading
- P. Whitney Lackenbauer, ed. An Inside Look at External Affairs during the Trudeau Years: The Memoirs of Mark MacGuigan. University of Calgary Press. ISBN 1-55238-076-9.
[edit] References
- ^ Weeks, Blair (2002). Minding the House: A Biographical Guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs. Acorn Press. ISBN 1-894838-01-7.
Parliament of Canada | ||
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Preceded by first member, riding created in 1966 |
Member of Parliament for Windsor—Walkerville 1968-1984 |
Succeeded by Howard McCurdy |
Political offices | ||
Preceded by Flora MacDonald |
Secretary of State for External Affairs 1980-1982 |
Succeeded by Allan MacEachen |
Preceded by Jean Chrétien |
Minister of Justice 1982-1984 |
Succeeded by Don Johnston |
- 1931 births
- 1998 deaths
- Lawyers in Ontario
- Canadian Roman Catholics
- Canadian legal scholars
- University of Toronto alumni
- University of Toronto faculty
- Canadian university and college faculty deans
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Ontario
- Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
- Politicians from Windsor, Ontario
- People from Charlottetown
- Liberal Party of Canada leadership candidates
- Canadian Secretaries of State for External Affairs