Roy MacLaren

Roy MacLaren, PC, (born October 26, 1934), is a Canadian politician, diplomat, historian, and author.

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he received a Master's degree from St Catharine's College, Cambridge, a Master of Divinity degree from the University of Trinity College and an honorary Doctor of Sacred Letters degree from the University of Toronto, another honorary degree from the University of Alabama, and in 1973 attended Harvard University's Advanced Management Program. In 2002, he received the Alumni Award of Distinction from the University of British Columbia.

During twelve years with the Canadian foreign service, MacLaren's postings included Hanoi, Saigon, Prague and the United Nations in New York and Geneva. He served as the Canadian Chair of the Canada-Europe Round Table, the Canada-India Business Council and the Canadian Institute for International Affairs. He has also served on the Canadian and British Board of Directors of Deutsche Bank plus a number of other multi-national corporations. He is also the Honorary Colonel of the 7th Toronto Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery.

His historical book, "Canadians on the Nile, 1882-1898" was published in 1978 and the following year he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal MP for Etobicoke North. In June 1984, he was appointed to John Turner's short-lived cabinet as Minister of National Revenue, but was defeated in the September election by Conservative Bob Pennock. In 1988, he was again elected MP for Etobicoke North. After the Liberals won the 1993 election, he was appointed Minister of International Trade, but resigned that position and his seat in 1996, when he was appointed High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom. He served in that position until 2000.

MacLaren sits on the Council of the Champlain Society, the Executive Committee of the Trilateral Commission, the Board of Directors of the Royal Ontario Museum Foundation Board, is President of St Catharine's College Society, and a director of The Council for Business and the Arts in Canada. His published writings reflect his personal and professional experience, much of it concentrating on Canada's international history.

While serving as High Commissioner in London, he published the historically significant diaries of explorer William Stairs. The depiction on the book cover of the expedition up Mt. Ruwenzori is based on a sketch by William Stairs now in the National Archives of Canada.

Works

*"Canadians in Russia, 1918-1919" (1976)
*"Canadians on the Nile, 1882-1898" (1978) ISBN 0-7748-0094-1
*"Canadians Behind Enemy Lines, 1939-1945" (1981) ISBN 0-7748-0185-9
*"African Exploits, The Diaries of William Stairs, 1887-1892" (1998) ISBN 0-7735-1640-9

###@@@KEY@@@###ministry box cabinet posts 1
post1 = Minister for International Trade
post1years = 1993–1996
post1note=
post1preceded = Tom Hockin
post1followed = Art Eggleton
ministry box cabinet posts 1
post1 = Minister of National Revenue
post1years = 1984
post1note=
post1preceded = Pierre Bussières
post1followed = Perrin Beatty
succession box
title=Member of Parliament for Etobicoke North
before=The electoral district was established in 1976.
after=Bob Pennock
years=1979-1984succession box|title=Member of Parliament for Etobicoke North
before=Bob Pennock
after=Roy Cullen
years=1988-1996

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=501&s=M Federal Political Biography from the Library of Parliament]