Michael J. L. Kirby
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The Honourable Michael J. L. Kirby |
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| Senator for South Shore, Nova Scotia | |
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In office 1984–2006 |
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| Appointed by | Pierre Trudeau |
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August 5, 1941 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Committees | Chair, Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce (1994-1999) Chair, Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (1999-2006) |
Michael J. L. Kirby, OC (born August 5, 1941) is a Canadian politician. He sat in the Senate of Canada as a Liberal representing Nova Scotia. He is the former chair of the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Born in Montreal, Kirby earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in Mathematics from Dalhousie University where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, and, also a Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University.
In the 1960s Kirby was a professor of Business Administration and Public Administration at Dalhousie and also taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Kent.
Kirby worked as principal assistant to the Premier of Nova Scotia Gerald Regan from 1970 to 1973 and Assistant Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau from 1974 to 1976. He served as President of the Institute for Research on Public Policy from 1977 to 1980.
Kirby chaired the federal Task Force on Atlantic Fisheries which was established to recommend how to achieve and maintain a viable Atlantic fishing industry. It issued its report in 1982.
Kirby returned to public service in the 1980s as Secretary to the Canadian Cabinet for Federal-Provincial Relations and Deputy Clerk of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. As such he participated in the federal-provincial negotiations that led to the patriation of the Canadian Constitution in 1982. He was elevated to the Canadian Senate by Pierre Trudeau in January 1984 weeks before the prime minister announced his intention to retire.
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