Anthony Abbott

Anthony Abbott

Infobox Person
name = Anthony Abbott


image_size = 200px
birth_date = Birth date and age|1930|11|26|mf=y
birth_place = Montreal
occupation = Politician ("former")
parents = Douglas Charles Abbott ("father")
religion = Anglican

Anthony Chisholm "Tony" Abbott, PC (born November 26 1930) is a former Canadian politician.

Born in Montreal,son of Douglas Charles Abbott, Abbott was a lawyer by profession before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Mississauga, Ontario in the 1974 federal election.

In 1976, he was appointed to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. In 1977, he became Minister of State for Small Businesses. From 1978 until the defeat of the Trudeau government in the 1979 election, he was Minister of National Revenue.

Abbott lost his seat in the 1979 election. He attempted to return to the House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1988 federal election running in Eglinton—Lawrence, but was unsuccessful.

After his defeat, Abbott returned to the private sector serving as president of the Retail Council of Canada. From 1980 until 1988, he was based in London (UK) as the business advisor and legal counsel at the branch office of a major Canadian law firm. Abbott subsequently moved to Vancouver Island following his 1988 electoral defeat, and is in legal practice with the MacIsaac Group. He is also a tourism accommodation operator on the island.

Abbott has rejoined the Liberal Party, and, in 2006, supported Bob Rae for the party leadership.

External links

* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item={F5B569BB-9E42-4D62-AE83-C33056494300}&Language=E Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]

s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Mississauga
years=1974–1979s-ttl|title=Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs
years=1976–1977s-ttl|title=Minister of State (Small Businesses)
years=1977–1978s-ttl|title=Minister of National Revenue
years=1978–1979

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