Frank Charles McGee
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The Honourable Frank Charles McGee PC |
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| Member of Parliament for York—Scarborough |
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In office 1957–1963 |
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| Preceded by | Frank Enfield |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Moreau |
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| Born |
3 March 1926 Ottawa, Ontario |
| Died | 4 April 1999 (aged 73) |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Relations |
Charles McCool (Maternal Grandfather) D'Arcy McGee (Grand Uncle) Grattan O'Leary (Father-in-law) |
| Profession | Businessman, Citizenship judge |
Frank Charles McGee, PC (3 March 1926 – 4 April 1999) was a Canadian businessman, member of parliament, and, briefly, a Cabinet minister Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.
McGee had a family history of public service. Both of his grandfathers held positions; John Joseph McGee as Clerk of the Privy Council from 1882 to 1907, and his maternal grandfather, Charles McCool, served as an MP. Frank McGee was also a grand-nephew of Father of Confederation and member of parliament, D'arcy McGee.
McGee studied journalism at what was then Carleton College in Ottawa. In 1943, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at the age of 17 and served until the end of World War II in 1945. He settled in Toronto after the war where he worked as a purchase manager for Sears.
A Progressive Conservative, McGee was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the MP for York-Scarborough in the 1957 general election that saw the Tories form a minority government under John George Diefenbaker. McGee was re-elected in 1958 when the Conservatives formed a majority government and 1962 when they were reduced again to a minority. He became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration in 1962 and held the position until Diefenbaker appointed him to Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio in March 1963, weeks before the April 1963 election in which the Conservatives lost power and McGee lost his seat.
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