Edwin A. Goodman, (1918 – August 23, 2006) was a
Canadian lawyer and political figure.
Goodman graduated from Toronto's
Osgoode Hall Law School in 1947 and was one of the founding partners of
Goodmans LLP
Goodmans LLP is a Canadian corporate law firm. First established in Toronto in 1917 by David Bertram Goodman, Goodmans LLP now has approximately 200 lawyers. The firm acts for Canada's largest corporations, financial institutions and multinatio ...
, a
Toronto law firm as well as a life bencher of the
Law Society of Upper Canada. He is best known, however, for his political work as an advisor and fundraiser for both the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and particularly the
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, having been a friend and advisor to both
Premier
Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier.
A premier will normally be a head of governm ...
John Robarts and Premier
Bill Davis. He has served as the national chair of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and as vice-president of both the Ontario and federal Progressive Conservative Party.
Goodman was also active in charity work as honorary president of
Scouts Canada and as a director for various bodies such as the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care and
Princess Margaret Hospital. He was also chairman of the
Royal Ontario Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a museum of art, world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest museums in North America and the largest in Canada. It attracts more than one million visitors every year ...
for six years.
He was considered a
Red Tory and was part of the circle known as the
Big Blue Machine
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (french: Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario), often shortened to the Ontario PC Party or simply the PCs, colloquially known as the Tories, is a Centre-right politics, centre-right political p ...
that helped keep the Ontario Tories in power under Robarts and Davis.
He once ran for public office losing to Communist
J.B. Salsberg
Joseph Baruch (J.B.) Salsberg (November 5, 1902 – February 8, 1998) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Labor-Progressive Party, Labor-Progressive member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1943 to 1955 who represented the ridi ...
of the
Labor-Progressive Party after World War II.
In April 1975 his daughter Joanne Goodman was killed in a highway accident. He named a lecture series at the
University of Western Ontario which every year invites a history to give a series of lectures to the University community
In 1992, Goodman was named to the
Security Intelligence Review Committee and was appointed to the
Queen's Privy Council for Canada.
His autobiography, ''The Life of the Party'', was published in 1988. He is also an Officer of the
Order of Canada.
Goodman died following a heart attack.
References
*Rob Feguson
`Patriot and philanthropist' Toronto lawyer was Tory stalwart Received Order of Canada in 1983 ''Toronto Star'', August 24, 2006
External links
Order of Canada Citation
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1918 births
2006 deaths
Jewish Canadian politicians
Lawyers in Ontario
Canadian King's Counsel
Canadian political consultants
Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
Officers of the Order of Canada
Royal Ontario Museum
Osgoode Hall Law School alumni