Henry Perrin Beatty (born June 1, 1950) is a

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corporate executive and former politician, who served as a Progressive Conservative of the House of Commons from 1972 to 1993, and as a cabinet minister from 1979 to 1980 and again from 1984 to 1993.

Life and career

Beatty is a graduate of

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, and of the

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. He first won election to the House of Commons of Canada as a Progressive Conservative at the age of 22 in the 1972 election. In 1979 he became, at the time, the youngest person ever appointed to a

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when

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made Beatty his

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for the Treasury Board in his short-lived government. Beatty returned to the

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benches as a result of the defeat of the Clark government in the 1980 election. With the Conservative victory in the 1984 election, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney made Beatty

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and Minister responsible for

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. He subsequently served as

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(1985–1986), Minister of National Defence (1986–1989), Minister of National Health and Welfare (1989–1991), and Minister of Communications (1991–1993). Despite long being touted as a future Tory leader, Beatty did not run in the

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to succeed Mulroney. He was promoted to

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in the short-lived government of Mulroney's successor,

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, but lost his seat in the 1993 election which returned only two Tory MPs. In 1995 the

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government of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed Beatty President and Chief Executive Officer of the

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, a position he held until 1999 when he became president and CEO of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, a business association that promotes the interests of Canadian industry and exporters. In August 2007 Beatty left the CME to become president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Beatty served as Chancellor of the

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( UOIT) in Oshawa,

from 2008 to 2015. He has received honorary degrees from UOIT and Western University. In 2012 Beatty received an honorary Certified International Trade Professional (CITP) designation from the Forum for International Trade Training. In May 2020, Beatty was appointed to serve on Canada's COVID-19 Supply Council.

Honors

Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star (2020) Order of Canada (2018)

Publications

*Book chapter: ''Hong Kong: Canada's Partner in Prosperity'', 2011

References

External links

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Henry Perrin Beatty
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