'John Lynch-Staunton' (born
June 19,
1930 in
Montreal) is a former
Canadian senator and was the first leader of the
Conservative Party of Canada. He represented the Senate division of Grandville, Quebec.
Personal Background
Born in
Montreal,
Quebec, Lynch-Staunton was educated at Collège Stanislas and Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montreal. He obtained a
B.Sc in Foreign Service degree from
Georgetown University in
Washington, D.C. in 1953, and did graduate work towards a Master's Degree in Canadian History at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario 1953-1955.
Lynch-Staunton married Juliana deKuyper in 1958. They have five children (Mark, Peter, Gabrielle, Sophie and Sean) and seven grandchildren (Caitlin, Connor, Harry, Juliana, Matthew, Jaryd and Monique)
Municipal Politics
Lynch-Staunton was elected to the
City Council of
Montreal in
1960. He represented the district of
Côte-des-Neiges and was a member of
Mayor Jean Drapeau's
Parti civique de Montréal. He was re-elected in
1962,
1966 and
1970. In
1974 though, he lost his bid for re-election to
Nick Auf der Maur as the ''
Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM)'' achieved its first political breakthrough.
Federal Politics
Lynch-Staunton was appointed to the Senate on the recommendation of
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on
September 23,
1990. The following year, he was appointed Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, and became
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate in December 1993 following the
Liberal victory in
that year's general election.
On
December 8,
2003, with the merger of the
Canadian Alliance and the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ratified by both parties, Lynch-Staunton served as
interim leader of the new
Conservative Party of Canada until the election of
Stephen Harper in March 2004.
He remained Leader of the Opposition in the Senate until
September 30,
2004, and retired from parliament when he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 on June 19, 2005.
External links
★
Federal Political Biography from the Library of Parliament
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