Kenneth Binks
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Kenneth C. Binks was a Progressive Conservative party
member of the Canadian House of Commons
. He was a lawyer by career.
He represented the Ontario riding of Ottawa West
during the short-lived 31st Canadian Parliament
after winning the seat in the 1979 federal election
. He lost the 1980 election
to Cyril Lloyd Francis
of the Liberal party
.
Binks made two unsuccessful attempts to enter Canadian Parliament in 1965 federal election
at the Russell riding
and in 1968
at Ottawa—Carleton
riding.
His family has lived in the Ottawa area for 125 years and were members of the business and professional community for 4 generations. He was educated in the public and High Schools of Ottawa. He attended Queen's University and graduated with Honours in Modern History and completed graduate studies for Master of Arts. He tutored in the History Department.
In 1949, he attended Cambridge University where he studied Law and completed his legal studies at the University of Saskatchewan in 1952, and admitted to the Bar of Saskatchewan in 1953, and in Ontario in 1953. From 1954 to 1956 he was Senior Assistant Crown Attorney for Carleton County(Ottawa) and from 1958 to 1988 senior partner at Binks & Chilcott, a firm specializing in national and international advocacy. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1964.
In 1991 he was appointed a Judge of the General Division, now Superior Court of the Province of Ontario. In 1998 he was appointed a Member of the Canada Pension Appeals Board. He retired from the Superior Court of Ontario in May 2000 and joined the firm of Beament Green as Counsel.
Judge Binks is the author of Canada's Parliamentary Library, published in 1979, a member of the Canadian Bar Association, The International Bar Association, The National Press Club and The Cambridge Union.
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
member of the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
. He was a lawyer by career.
He represented the Ontario riding of Ottawa West
Ottawa West
Ottawa West was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1997 and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1908 to 1926 and from 1955 to 1999. It covered the western part of the Ottawa area.-Federal...
during the short-lived 31st Canadian Parliament
31st Canadian Parliament
The 31st Canadian Parliament was a briefly lived parliament in session from October 9 until December 14, 1979. The membership was set by the 1979 federal election on May 22, 1979, and it was dissolved after the minority government of Joe Clark failed to pass a Motion of Confidence on December 13,...
after winning the seat in the 1979 federal election
Canadian federal election, 1979
The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...
. He lost the 1980 election
Canadian federal election, 1980
The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada...
to Cyril Lloyd Francis
Cyril Lloyd Francis
Cyril Lloyd Francis, PC was a Canadian politician and one time Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons...
of the Liberal party
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
.
Binks made two unsuccessful attempts to enter Canadian Parliament in 1965 federal election
Canadian federal election, 1965
The Canadian federal election of 1965 was held on November 8 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 27th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was re-elected with a larger number of seats in the House...
at the Russell riding
Russell (Ontario electoral district)
Russell was a federal and provincial electoral district in eastern Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1967....
and in 1968
Canadian federal election, 1968
The Canadian federal election of 1968 was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 28th Parliament of Canada...
at Ottawa—Carleton
Ottawa—Carleton
Ottawa–Carleton was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1988. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Carleton, Ottawa East and Russell ridings....
riding.
His family has lived in the Ottawa area for 125 years and were members of the business and professional community for 4 generations. He was educated in the public and High Schools of Ottawa. He attended Queen's University and graduated with Honours in Modern History and completed graduate studies for Master of Arts. He tutored in the History Department.
In 1949, he attended Cambridge University where he studied Law and completed his legal studies at the University of Saskatchewan in 1952, and admitted to the Bar of Saskatchewan in 1953, and in Ontario in 1953. From 1954 to 1956 he was Senior Assistant Crown Attorney for Carleton County(Ottawa) and from 1958 to 1988 senior partner at Binks & Chilcott, a firm specializing in national and international advocacy. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1964.
In 1991 he was appointed a Judge of the General Division, now Superior Court of the Province of Ontario. In 1998 he was appointed a Member of the Canada Pension Appeals Board. He retired from the Superior Court of Ontario in May 2000 and joined the firm of Beament Green as Counsel.
Judge Binks is the author of Canada's Parliamentary Library, published in 1979, a member of the Canadian Bar Association, The International Bar Association, The National Press Club and The Cambridge Union.