John Black Aird

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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John Black Aird, CC, O.Ont, QC (May 5, 1923 May 6, 1995) was the 23rd Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, Canada, from 1980 to 1985. Born in Toronto, Ontario, the grandson of Canadian financier Sir John Aird, John Black Aird was educated at Upper Canada College, Trinity College and Osgoode Hall Law School. He practised law in Toronto and headed his own firm, Aird & Berlis LLP in 1974. During World War II, he served in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. In 1944, he married Lucille Housser. From 1964 to 1974, he served as a Liberal Senator. In 1971, he was Chairman of the Canada-United States Permanent Joint Board on Defence. From 1977 to 1985, he was Chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo. Aird was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada, and served as Lieutenant-Governor from 1980 to 1985. The main focus of his mandate was Ontarians with disabilities. He wrote a book, Loyalty in a Changing World, about the contemporary function of the Lieutenant Governor. He was lieutenant-governor when, shortly following the 1985 Ontario election, the Progressive Conservative minority government of Frank Miller was defeated by a motion of no confidence.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786130736927
• ISBN-10: 6130736924
• Artikelnr.: 29001145