Munro, John

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Munro_(Canadian_politician)
  • Wiki profile notes:
    • John Carr Munro PC (16 March 1931 – 19 August 2003) was a Canadian politician. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1962 election, and served continuously as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hamilton, Ontario in the electoral riding of Hamilton East until his resignation in 1984, following his defeat for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada which was eventually won by John Turner.
    • John Carr Munro was born in Hamilton, Ontario on March 16, 1931 to John Anderson Munro (1898-1952) and Katharine Alexandra Carr (1902-1979). He was the grandson of Dr. Leeming George Carr, physician and politician, and Katharine Anderson, author.
    • After receiving a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario and an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall, Munro entered politics as an alderman for Hamilton, Ontario City Council in 1954. Munro was called to the bar in 1956.
    • Munro was first elected to the House of Commons in 1962, representing the riding of Hamilton East. From 1963 to 68, Munro served as Parliamentary Secretary to a number of ministers in Lester B. Pearson’s government, including the Ministers of Manpower and Immigration, Trade and Commerce, and National Health and Welfare.
    • Munro was the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs who, in November 1982, announced the federal government’s conditional approval of the creation of the Nunavut territory, setting off the official chain of events that culminated in the division of the Northwest Territories and the establishment of the new Arctic territory in 1999.
    • Hamilton’s John C. Munro International Airport is named after him.
    • Following Munro’s death, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien said he was “a very good man. He was a very good Member of Parliament and he was a very good minister and a guy who worked very, very hard (on) all the files that (were) given to him. He was a…grassroots politician, very socially oriented and a very effective minister.
  • Third Great Grandson of Proven United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=7247
  • Find a GRAVE: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163368446/john-carr-munro