- Richard Kroft
Richard Henry Kroft, C.M., B.A., LL.B., (born
May 22 ,1938 ) is a former Canadian lawyer, businessman and Senator.Born in
Winnipeg, Manitoba , he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from theUniversity of Manitoba in 1959 and an LL.B in 1963.He was Assistant Secretary and Treasurer of McCabe Grain Co. Ltd. Next he became Special Assistant to the Minister of Finance, and Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State for External Affairs,
Mitchell Sharp . After, in 1969, he became President of Tryton Investment Co. Ltd.He was summoned to the Senate by recommendation of
Jean Chrétien in 1998 and resigned in 2004. He was Chair of the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration, and Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce.In 1997 he was made a Member of the
Order of Canada .He is married to Hillaine Jacob and has three children, Elizabeth, Steven, and Gordon.
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