John Horton McDermid, PC,

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(born March 17, 1940) is a former

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politician. McDermid worked in marketing, public relations and broadcasting before entered politics. He was elected to the

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in the 1979 federal election as the Progressive Conservative

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for

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outside of

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, Ontario. He was re-elected in the

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and 1988 elections. He became a parliamentary secretary when the Tories took power in 1984. From 1988 to 1993, he served in the

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as series of junior minister positions:

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for Housing (1988-1989), International Trade (1988-1989), Privatization and Regulatory Affairs (1989-1991), and Finance and Privatization (1991-1993). He left Cabinet with the departure of Mulroney as Prime Minister of Canada in June 1993, and did not run in the 1993 federal election.

Electoral record

References

External links

John McDermid fonds
at the Region of Peel Archives,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McDermid, John Living people 1940 births Politicians from Brampton Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Members of the United Church of Canada Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Members of the 24th Canadian Ministry