Murray Calder (born 15 January 1951) was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2004. He is a farmer by profession.
Born in Mount Forest, Ontario, Calder first became a Liberal candidate in 1988, unsuccessfully contesting the Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe electoral district. His second attempt in the 1993 election was successful, defeating Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty, making him a member of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's government in the 35th Canadian Parliament. He won in the 1997 and 2000 national elections in the redistributed Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Greyriding. He held various committee posts during his terms of office, mostly relating to agriculture. In 2003 he served as Parliamentary Secretary to International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew and sat on the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs. From 2001 to 2003 he served as Chair of National Liberal Rural Caucus.
He teamed up with Progressive Conservative Senator Lowell Murray to pass a bill in 2002 to designate the Canadian Horse as Canada's national horse. Calder also worked to obtain changes in federal tax laws to benefit fire fighters, including a change allowing them to accrue pensions at a higher rate so they could retire early with a full pension. He worked with Senator Lorna Milne to campaign for public access to post 1901 Canada Census data, an issue of special interest to genealogists.
Before the 2004 election, the electoral districts were again rearranged and Calder contested the new Dufferin—Caledon riding. He was defeated by Conservative candidate David Tilson.
Calder has restored a number of old military vehicles as a hobby on his chicken farm in Holstein, Ontario. Until 2006, he had a pet Bactrian camel, Baxter, who drank beer. [citation needed]
Change is based on redistributed results from part of Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey in the 2000 election. Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes.
murray, calder, born, january, 1951, liberal, member, house, commons, canada, from, 1993, 2004, farmer, profession, born, mount, forest, ontario, calder, first, became, liberal, candidate, 1988, unsuccessfully, contesting, wellington, grey, dufferin, simcoe, e. Murray Calder born 15 January 1951 was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2004 He is a farmer by profession Born in Mount Forest Ontario Calder first became a Liberal candidate in 1988 unsuccessfully contesting the Wellington Grey Dufferin Simcoe electoral district His second attempt in the 1993 election was successful defeating Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Perrin Beatty making him a member of Prime Minister Jean Chretien s government in the 35th Canadian Parliament He won in the 1997 and 2000 national elections in the redistributed Dufferin Peel Wellington Grey riding He held various committee posts during his terms of office mostly relating to agriculture In 2003 he served as Parliamentary Secretary to International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew and sat on the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs From 2001 to 2003 he served as Chair of National Liberal Rural Caucus He teamed up with Progressive Conservative Senator Lowell Murray to pass a bill in 2002 to designate the Canadian Horse as Canada s national horse Calder also worked to obtain changes in federal tax laws to benefit fire fighters including a change allowing them to accrue pensions at a higher rate so they could retire early with a full pension He worked with Senator Lorna Milne to campaign for public access to post 1901 Canada Census data an issue of special interest to genealogists Before the 2004 election the electoral districts were again rearranged and Calder contested the new Dufferin Caledon riding He was defeated by Conservative candidate David Tilson Calder has restored a number of old military vehicles as a hobby on his chicken farm in Holstein Ontario Until 2006 he had a pet Bactrian camel Baxter who drank beer citation needed vte2004 Canadian federal election Dufferin Caledon Party Candidate Votes Expenditures Conservative David Tilson 19 270 42 81 5 00 Liberal Murray Calder 17 557 39 00 6 93 Green Ted Alexander 3 947 8 77 5 53 New Democratic Rita Landry 3 798 8 44 5 42 Christian Heritage Ursula Ellis 443 0 98 Total valid votes expense limit 45 015 100 00 Conservative hold Swing 1 0 Change is based on redistributed results from part of Dufferin Peel Wellington Grey in the 2000 election Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes External links editMurray Calder Parliament of Canada biography CBC Canada Votes 2004 Dufferin Caledon riding profile nbsp This article about a Liberal Party of Canada Member of the Parliament of Canada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Murray Calder amp oldid 1194644168, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
