Michael Wilson (Canadian politician)
Michael Wilson | |
|---|---|
| 33rd Chancellor of the University of Toronto | |
| In office 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | David Peterson |
| Succeeded by | Rose Patten |
| Canadian Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 13 March 2006 – 19 October 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Frank McKenna |
| Succeeded by | Gary Doer |
| Minister of Industry, Science and Technology | |
| In office 21 April 1991 – 25 June 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney |
| Preceded by | Benoît Bouchard |
| Succeeded by | Jean Charest |
| Minister of International Trade | |
| In office 21 April 1991 – 24 June 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney |
| Preceded by | John Crosbie |
| Succeeded by | Tom Hockin |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 17 September 1984 – 20 April 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney |
| Preceded by | Marc Lalonde |
| Succeeded by | Don Mazankowski |
| Member of Parliament for Etobicoke Centre | |
| In office 22 May 1979 – 25 October 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Riding created |
| Succeeded by | Allan Rock |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 November 1937 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 10 February 2019 (aged 81) |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse |
Margaret Catherine Smellie
(m. 1964) |
| Education | Upper Canada College ('55) University of Toronto (BCom '59) |
Michael Holcombe Wilson PC CC (4 November 1937 – 10 February 2019) was a Canadian businessman, politician and diplomat who served as minister of finance from 1984 to 1991 and minister of international trade from 1991 to 1993 under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.
Wilson was a Bay Street investment executive before he was elected to the House of Commons in 1979. He then unsuccessfully ran for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1983 before being appointed to Prime Minister Mulroney's cabinet. As a cabinet minister, Wilson introduced the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and helped negotiate the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Wilson retired from politics in 1993 and returned back to Bay Street, heading his own consulting and financial services firm. Wilson served as the Chairman of Barclays Capital Canada Inc. from May 2010 until his death in February 2019. He was the Canadian Ambassador to the United States from 2006 until 2009 and the Chancellor of the University of Toronto from 2012 to 2018.