Michael Wilson (Canadian politician)

Michael Wilson
Wilson at the NAFTA Initialing Ceremony, October 1992
33rd Chancellor of the University of Toronto
In office
July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2018
Preceded byDavid Peterson
Succeeded byRose Patten
Canadian Ambassador to the United States
In office
March 13, 2006 – October 19, 2009
Prime MinisterStephen Harper
Preceded byFrank McKenna
Succeeded byGary Doer
Minister of Industry, Science and Technology
In office
April 21, 1991 – June 25, 1993
Prime MinisterBrian Mulroney
Preceded byBenoît Bouchard
Succeeded byJean Charest
Minister of International Trade
In office
April 21, 1991 – June 24, 1993
Prime MinisterBrian Mulroney
Preceded byJohn Crosbie
Succeeded byTom Hockin
Minister of Finance
In office
September 17, 1984 – April 20, 1991
Prime MinisterBrian Mulroney
Preceded byMarc Lalonde
Succeeded byDon Mazankowski
Member of Parliament
for Etobicoke Centre
In office
May 22, 1979 – October 25, 1993
Preceded byRiding created
Succeeded byAllan Rock
Personal details
Born
Michael Holcombe Wilson

(1937-11-04)November 4, 1937
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DiedFebruary 10, 2019(2019-02-10) (aged 81)
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpouseMargie Wilson
Children3
Education
OccupationBusinessman

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.

  1. ^ "Barclays rolls out big guns". The Globe and Mail. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 2018-02-06.