- Jean-Pierre Kingsley
Jean-Pierre Kingsley (born
July 12 ,1943 ) is the President and CEO of IFES, formerly known as theInternational Foundation for Election Systems . He was the Chief Electoral Officer ofElections Canada , before he stepped down in December 2006.He was born in
Ottawa in 1943. Kingsley was named Chief Electoral Officer in February 1990 by Prime MinisterBrian Mulroney . Prior to serving in that position, he served as:
* Associate and then Executive Director ofEdmonton 's Charles Camsell Hospital (1971-3)
* President and Chief Executive Officer of theOttawa General Hospital (1977-81)He also served as Chairman of the Board for Ottawa'sMontfort Hospital from 1982 to 1990.On December 28, 2006, Prime Minister
Stephen Harper announced that Kingsley will be stepping down effective February 17, 2007. His successor as Chief Electoral Officer isMarc Mayrand . Prior to his resignation, Kingsley and the ruling Conservative party disagreed over whether fees paid to attend political conventions should be counted as political donations [http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2007/january/8/kingsley/&c=1] .In 2007, Kingsley was awarded the Mexican
Order of the Aztec Eagle , the highest award the Mexican government bestows on foreign nationals. [http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2007/20070324/html/house-e.html]References
* [http://www.ifes.org/board.html#16 IFES - Board]
* [http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=king&t=34669&d=1269 Entry from Canadian Who's Who]s-ttl|title=Chief Electoral Officer
years=1990-2007
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