Edward C. Lumley, PC

Queen's Privy Council for Canada

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 (born October 27, 1939) is a corporate executive and former Canadian

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 politician.

Born in Windsor, Ontario

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, he received a Bachelor of Commerce

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 degree in 1961 from Assumption University (predecessor of the University of Windsor

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). Lumley established himself in business in Cornwall

Cornwall, Ontario

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 in the other end of the province before entering politics. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 as the Liberal

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 Member of Parliament

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 for Stormont—Dundas

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 in the 1974 federal election

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.

In 1976, he became parliamentary secretary

Parliamentary Secretary

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 to the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion. From 1977 to 1978, he served as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Finance

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.

Lumley survived the 1979 election

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 that defeated the Liberal government. The Liberals returned to power in the 1980 federal election

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 and Prime Minister

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 Pierre Trudeau

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 appointed Lumley to the cabinet as Minister of State

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 for Trade. After serving in a few other minor portfolios, he was promoted to Minister of Industry

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 and Minister of Regional Economic Expansion in 1982.

Trudeau's successor, John Turner, made Lumley his Minister of Communications

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 and Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion in 1984. Lumley and the Turner government were defeated in the 1984 federal election

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 that fall.

Following his electoral defeat, Lumley returned to the private sector and became an influential corporate figure. He has served as vice-chairman of BMO Nesbitt Burns

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 since 1991, lead director of Magna International

Magna International

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, and a board member of Bell Canada Enterprises, Canadian National Railway

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 and Air Canada

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.

In 2000, Lumley was appointed to lead a commission examining salaries and compensation for Members of Parliament.

A friend of the former prime minister, Paul Martin

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, he had been consulted by Martin's government on various issues.

In 2006, he was appointed Chancellor of the University of Windsor.