Allan Lawrence (politician)
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The Honourable Allan Frederick Lawrence |
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| Member of Parliament for Durham—Northumberland |
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In office 1979–1988 |
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| Preceded by | New riding |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Member of Parliament for Northumberland—Durham |
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In office 1972–1979 |
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| Preceded by | Russell Honey |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1958–1972 |
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| Preceded by | Dana Porter |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Campbell |
| Constituency | St. George |
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November 8, 1925 Toronto, Ontario |
| Died | September 6, 2008 (aged 82) Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Allan Frederick Lawrence, PC, QC (November 8, 1925 – September 6, 2008) was a Canadian politician and served as both a provincial and federal cabinet minister.
After practicing as a lawyer, Lawrence became a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. His membership started when he won a 1958 provincial by-election in the downtown Toronto riding of St. George for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. In 1968, Premier John Robarts brought him into cabinet as Minister of Mines.
In 1971, he ran to succeed Robarts as party leader at the PC Party leadership convention. Lawrence lost to Bill Davis by 44 votes on the fourth ballot. Davis reunited the Tory party by inviting many of Lawrence's key workers, including Hugh Segal and Norman K. Atkins, onto his team to create the Big Blue Machine that helped the Tories remain in power for a further fourteen years.
Davis appointed Lawrence as his Attorney-General in 1971. In 1972, Lawrence resigned his seat in the Ontario legislature in order to enter federal politics.
Lawrence was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1972 federal election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the rural Ontario riding of Northumberland—Durham. He served as an MP throughout the decade.
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