W. David Angus (born July 21, 1937) is a

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lawyer and former

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Career

Born in

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, in 1937, Angus moved to

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with his family at the age of nine and has been based there ever since. Educated at

Lower Canada College Lower Canada College (LCC) is an English-language elementary and secondary level independent school located in Montreal, Quebec. The school offers education from Kindergarten through Grade 11. Students graduate from Grade 11 and then have the opt ...

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and

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous ...

, Angus is a lawyer and senior partner at the firm of Stikeman Elliott in Montreal. Angus was the

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'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

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in 1984 and served on the board of

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from 1985 until 2004. He was appointed to the Senate by

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on the advice of

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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 then sat as a supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada. He reached mandatory retirement from the Senate at 75 years old on July 21, 2012. Angus also served on the board of the MUHC, resigning after co-chair Arthur Porter had fled to

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to avoid indictment in Quebec for graft.

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

External links

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Speech By W. David Angus
{{DEFAULTSORT:Angus, W. David 1937 births Living people Lawyers in Quebec Canadian senators from Quebec Canadian people of Scottish descent Conservative Party of Canada senators McGill University alumni Politicians from Toronto Princeton University alumni Progressive Conservative Party of Canada senators Anglophone Quebec people Canadian King's Counsel 21st-century Canadian politicians McGill University Faculty of Law alumni