Mark MacGuigan

Mark MacGuigan
Minister of Justice
Attorney General of Canada
In office
10 September 1982 – 29 June 1984
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byJean Chrétien
Succeeded byDonald Johnston
Secretary of State for External Affairs
In office
3 March 1980 – 9 September 1982
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byFlora MacDonald
Succeeded byAllan MacEachen
Member of Parliament
for Windsor-Walkerville
In office
25 June 1968 – 29 June 1984
Preceded byRiding created
Succeeded byHoward McCurdy
Personal details
Born
Mark Rudolph MacGuigan

(1931-02-17)17 February 1931
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died12 January 1998(1998-01-12) (aged 66)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political partyLiberal
Parent(s)Mark Rudolph MacGuigan, Sr. (father)
Agnes Violet Trainor (mother)
Alma mater
Profession
  • Professor of Law
  • Lawyer
  • Judge

Mark Rudolph MacGuigan PC (17 February 1931 – 12 January 1998) was a Canadian academic and politician.

Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the son of Mark Rudolph MacGuigan and Agnes Violet Trainor,[1] he was educated at Saint Dunstan's University (B.A.), the University of Toronto (M.A., Ph.D. (Philosophy)), Osgoode Hall Law School (LL.B.), and Columbia University (LL.M., J.S.D.) [2] He was a professor at Osgoode and the University of Toronto and was dean of law at the University of Windsor.

MacGuigan was elected as a Liberal Party candidate to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 general election. He was re-elected in 1972, 1974, 1979, and 1980.

In 1976, he took a turn at provincial politics and ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party. He lost to Stuart Smith at the leadership convention.

In 1980, he was appointed Secretary of State for External Affairs in the cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. He became Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada in 1982.

When Trudeau announced his retirement as Liberal leader and prime minister, MacGuigan ran to succeed him at the 1984 Liberal leadership convention. He placed fifth. He retired from politics following the convention, and became a judge on the federal Court of Appeal.

He died in Oklahoma City of liver cancer in 1998.

  1. ^ Weeks, Blair (2002). Minding the House: A Biographical Guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs. Acorn Press. ISBN 1-894838-01-7.
  2. ^ Hon. Justice Mark R. MacGuigan Memorial Scholarship, University of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 7 July 2012.