Michael Wilson | |
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33rd Chancellor of the University of Toronto | |
In office July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2018 | |
Preceded by | David Peterson |
Succeeded by | Rose Patten |
Canadian Ambassador to the United States | |
In office March 13, 2006 – October 19, 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
Preceded by | Frank McKenna |
Succeeded by | Gary Doer |
Minister of Industry, Science and Technology | |
In office April 21, 1991 – June 25, 1993 | |
Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney |
Preceded by | Benoît Bouchard |
Succeeded by | Jean Charest |
Minister of International Trade | |
In office April 21, 1991 – June 24, 1993 | |
Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney |
Preceded by | John Crosbie |
Succeeded by | Tom Hockin |
Minister of Finance | |
In office September 17, 1984 – April 20, 1991 | |
Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney |
Preceded by | Marc Lalonde |
Succeeded by | Don Mazankowski |
Member of Parliament for Etobicoke Centre | |
In office May 22, 1979 – October 25, 1993 | |
Preceded by | Riding created |
Succeeded by | Allan Rock |
Personal details | |
Born | Michael Holcombe Wilson November 4, 1937 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Died | February 10, 2019 | (aged 81)
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Spouse | Margie Wilson |
Children | 3 |
Education | |
Occupation | Businessman |
Michael Holcombe Wilson PC CC (November 4, 1937 – February 10, 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.[1] 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.