- W. David Angus
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The Hon. W. David Angus Senator for Alma senate division, Quebec Incumbent Assumed office
June 10, 1993Appointed by Brian Mulroney Preceded by Hartland Molson Personal details Born August 21, 1937
Toronto, OntarioPolitical party Conservative Party of Canada Spouse(s) Louise H. Hébert Profession Lawyer W. David Angus, QC (born July 21, 1937) is a Canadian Senator and lawyer.
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Career
Born in Toronto, Ontario in 1937, Angus moved to Montreal with his family at the age of nine and has been based there ever since. Educated at Lower Canada College, Princeton University and McGill University, Angus is a lawyer and senior partner at the firm of Stikeman Elliott in Montreal. [1]
Angus was the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada's chief fundraiser throughout Brian Mulroney's period as party leader being chairman of the PC Canada Fund from 1983 to 1983. He remained chairman emeritus of the Fund until the demise of the party in 2003. Conservative Party of Canada leader Stephen Harper appointed Angus to the Conservative Fund Canada in 2005 and he became once again chairman emeritus. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1984 and served on the board of Air Canada from 1985 until 2004.
He was appointed to the Senate by Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn on the advice of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, on June 10, 1993, days before the prime minister's retirement. Angus sat as a Progressive Conservative senator until the party's demise and now sits as a supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Senate Committees
Chair
- Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources (2009 - 2010)
- Banking, Trade, and Commerce (2007 - 2008)
Vice-Chair
- Special Committee on Senate Reform (2006 - 2007)
- Banking, Trade, and Commerce (1996 - 2007)
References
- ^ "Biography of Senator W. David Angus". Senate of Canada. http://www.sen.parl.gc.ca/wdangus/biography/bio-e.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
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Current members of the Senate of CanadaAB BC MB NB Day • Kinsella • Losier-Cool • Lovelace Nicholas • Mockler • Poirier • Ringuette • Robichaud • Stewart-Olsen • WallaceNL NS ON PE QC SK Territories NTNUYTConservative (C) • Independent (Ind.) or Not affiliated (N/A) • Liberal (L) • Progressive Conservative (PC)Categories:- 1937 births
- Living people
- Lawyers in Quebec
- Canadian senators from Quebec
- Canadian people of Scottish descent
- Conservative Party of Canada senators
- McGill University alumni
- People from Old Toronto
- Princeton University alumni
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada senators
- Anglophone Quebec people
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