John Horton McDermid, PC

Queen's Privy Council for Canada

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, FRI (born March 17, 1940) is a former Canadian

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 politician.

McDermid worked in marketing, public relations and broadcasting before entered politics. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 in the 1979 federal election

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 as the Progressive Conservative

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 Member of Parliament

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 for Brampton—Georgetown

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 outside of Toronto

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He was re-elected in the 1980

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, 1984

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 and 1988 elections

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. He became a parliamentary secretary

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 when the Tories took power in 1984. From 1988 to 1993, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister

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 Brian Mulroney

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 as series of junior minister positions: Minister of State

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 for Housing) (1988-1989), International Trade (1988-1989), Privatization and Regulatory Affairs (1989-1991), and Finance and Privatization (1991-1993).

He left Cabinet with the departure of Mulroney as Prime Minister of Canada

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 in June 1993, and did not run in the 1993 federal election

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