James Allan Coutts (May 16, 1938 – December 31, 2013) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and former advisor to two

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, Alberta, he was raised in

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. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960 and a law degree in 1961 from the

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and an

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from the Harvard Business School in 1968. He was called to Bar of Alberta in 1962. From 1961 to 1963, he practiced law in

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. From 1963 to 1966, he was a Secretary to

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. After receiving his MBA, he was a Consultant with McKinsey & Company from 1968 to 1970. From 1970 to 1975, he was a Partner with The Canada Consulting Group. From 1975 to 1981, he was the

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to Prime Minister

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. In 1981, Trudeau appointed Liberal MP Peter Stollery to the Senate so Coutts could run for the House of Commons of Canada in what was thought of as the safe Ontario riding of Spadina. The plan backfired when Coutts narrowly lost to

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Dan Heap despite personal interventions from Trudeau. Coutts ran again, but lost by a heavier margin in the 1984 election. He subsequently left politics and entered business with an international career in industrial explosives. He was a principal of Lowther Consultants Limited and the chairman and chief executive officer of CIC Canadian Investment Capital Limited. He was also a philanthropist and a major donor to the

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. He was a member of the Board and Foundation of The Hospital for Sick Children and was a co-founder of the W.O. Mitchell Literary Prize. In 2001, he was made a Member of the

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. Coutts died of cancer on December 31, 2013.

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