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Doug Lewis | |
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| Member of Parliament forSimcoe North | |
| In office 1979–1993 | |
| Preceded by | Philip Bernard Rynard |
| Succeeded by | Paul DeVillers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1938-04-17)April 17, 1938 (age 87) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | accountant, lawyer and former politician |
Douglas Grinslade Lewis,PC KC (born April 17, 1938) is aCanadian accountant, lawyer and former politician.
Achartered accountant andlawyer by training, Lewis entered theHouse of Commons of Canada when he won theseat ofSimcoe North,Ontario, as aProgressive Conservative in the1979 federal election. In the short-lived government ofPrime MinisterJoe Clark, he served asParliamentary Secretary to theMinister of Supply and Services.
Re-elected in the1980 federal election that returned theLiberals to power, Lewis moved to theopposition benches, serving first as DeputyHouse Leader from 1981 to February 1983, and then asOfficial Opposition House Leader until September 1983.
With the victory of the Progressive Conservatives underBrian Mulroney in the1984 general election, Lewis again became a parliamentary secretary. In 1987, he entered theCabinet as bothMinister of State to the Government House Leader and Minister of State (Treasury Board). At the end of 1988, he became ActingPresident of the Treasury Board, and, a month later in January 1989, he was namedMinister of Justice. He also served asGovernment House Leader from April 1989 to February 1990.
In April 1990, Lewis was moved from Justice to the position ofMinister of Transport. In 1991, he was moved again, this time to the position ofSolicitor General of Canada.
WhenKim Campbell succeeded Mulroney as Progressive Conservative leader and prime minister in June 1993, she kept Lewis in Cabinet as Solicitor General, and also named him Government House Leader. Both Lewis and the Campbell government were defeated in the1993 general election. Following his political defeat, he returned to his law practice in Orillia, Ontario.
Lewis remained a supporter of the Progressive Conservatives through the 1990s. However, in 2000, he supportedTom Long's candidacy to lead the newCanadian Alliance, which was an attempt to merge the PC Party with theReform Party of Canada. In July 2000, however, he insisted to reporters that he was a loyal supporter of Joe Clark's renewed leadership of the Progressive Conservative party.
Lewis was elected as a Regional Bencher with theLaw Society of Upper Canada in 2007.
| Parliament of Canada | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forSimcoe North 1979–1993 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | President of the Treasury Board 1988–1989 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Justice 1989–1990 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Transport 1990–1991 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Solicitor General of Canada 1991–1993 | Succeeded by |
