Gerald Keith Bouey, was the fourth Governor

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 of the Bank of Canada

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 from 1973 to 1987, succeeding Louis Rasminsky

Louis Rasminsky

Louis Rasminsky, CC, CBE was the third Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1961 to 1973, succeeding James Coyne. He was succeeded by Gerald Bouey....

. He was succeeded by John Crow

John Crow

John William Crow was the fifth Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1987 to 1994, succeeding Gerald Bouey. He was succeeded by Gordon Thiessen....

.

Born in Axford, Saskatchewan, Bouey earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts

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 at Queen's University. During the Second World War, he served with the Royal Canadian Air Force

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, attaining the rank of flight lieutenant

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. In 1981, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada

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 and promoted to Companion in 1987. His wife is Anne, and they had two children, Kathryn and Robert.

External links

• Gerald Keith Bouey at The Canadian Encyclopedia
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