Lowell Murray, PC (born 26 September 1936) in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Canada is a Senator and long time activist with the Progressive Conservative party in Canada. The Queen's Privy Council for Canada (QPC (Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada (CPR sometimes called Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or the Privy Council Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. New Waterford (2001 population 6944 is a Canadian urban community in Nova Scotia 's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Senate of Canada (Le Sénat du Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the sovereign (represented by the governor general The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ( PC) ( Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) ( 1867 – 2003) was a Canadian Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
Murray graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in 1955. St Francis Xavier University is a University located in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. He met 16-year-old Brian Mulroney there; the two became close friends and associates in the PC Party (Brian Mulroney: The Politics of Ambition, by John Sawatsky, 1991). John Sawatsky, born Ferdinand John Sawatzky in Winkler Manitoba, Canada in 1948 is an award-winning author journalist and expert on interviewing techniques He later earned an MPA from Queen's University
He was appointed to the Senate on the recommendation of Prime Minister Joe Clark in 1979. Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational non-sectarian Public university located in Kingston, Ontario The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark PC CC AOE (born June 5 1939 is a Canadian Journalist, Politician, Statesman In 1986, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney appointed Murray to the Cabinet as Leader of the Government in the Senate, and variously as Minister of State for Federal-Provincial Relations (until April 21, 1991), Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (June 1987 to September 1988), and Acting Minister of Communications (December 1988 to 30 January 1989). Martin Brian Mulroney PC CC GOQ (predominantly known as Brian Mulroney) (born March 20, 1939) was the eighteenth The Cabinet of Canada (Cabinet du Canada plays an important role in the Government of Canada, in accordance with the Westminster System. The Leader of the Government in the Senate (Leader du gouvernement au Sénat is a Canadian cabinet minister who leads the government side in the Canadian Senate The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is the Canadian federal government agency responsible for helping to build economic capacity in the Atlantic Provinces Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Murray served as Government Leader in the Senate until the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Kim Campbell in 1993. Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, PC, CC, QC, (born March 10, 1947) was the nineteenth Prime Minister of Canada
In 2003, Murray joined with Joe Clark to oppose the merger of the Progressive Conservative Party with the Canadian Alliance to form the Conservative Party of Canada. Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark PC CC AOE (born June 5 1939 is a Canadian Journalist, Politician, Statesman The Canadian Alliance (in French Alliance Canadienne) formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance (or in French Alliance réformiste-conservateur The Conservative Party of Canada ( Parti conservateur du Canada) colloquially known as the " Tories " is a conservative When the new party was created, he refused to join the new Conservative caucus, and remains one of three Senators (the others being Elaine McCoy and Norman Atkins) who continue to sit as "Progressive Conservatives" even though the federal Progressive Conservative Party has been formally dissolved. Elaine McCoy, QC (born March 7 1946) in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada is a Canadian senator from Norman "Norm" Kempton Atkins (born June 27 1934 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States) is a Canadian Senator Murray is scheduled to retire from the Senate in 2011. 2011 ( MMXI) will be a Common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.
See also
- List of Ontario senators. This is a list of past and present Canadian senators representing the province of Ontario.
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