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KILGOUR, The Hon. David, P.C., B.A., J.D. (LL.B.)
Picture of KILGOUR, The Hon. David, P.C., B.A., J.D. (LL.B.)
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Date of Birth (yyyy.mm.dd): 1941.02.18
Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Profession | Occupation: Author, barrister and solicitor, lawyer
Federal Political Experience
Years of Service: 9743 Days (26 years, 8 months, 3 days)
^ House of Commons
ConstituencyPolitical Affiliation at ElectionDate of Election (yyyy.mm.dd)Result
Edmonton--Beaumont, Alberta Liberal 2004.06.28 Elected
Edmonton Southeast, Alberta Liberal 2000.11.27 Elected
Edmonton Southeast, Alberta Liberal 1997.06.02 Elected
Edmonton Southeast, Alberta Liberal 1993.10.25 Elected
Edmonton Southeast, Alberta Progressive Conservative 1988.11.21 Elected
Edmonton--Strathcona, Alberta Progressive Conservative 1984.09.04 Elected
Edmonton--Strathcona, Alberta Progressive Conservative 1980.02.18 Elected
Edmonton--Strathcona, Alberta Progressive Conservative 1979.05.22 Elected
Vancouver Centre, British Columbia Progressive Conservative 1968.06.25 Defeated

^ Parliamentary Group (Caucus)
PartyTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)
Independent 2005.04.13 -
Liberal 1991.01.31 - 2005.04.12
Independent 1990.10.25 - 1991.01.30
Progressive Conservative 1968.06.25 - 1990.10.24

^ Offices and Roles as a Parliamentarian
Minister / Secretary of State

PortfolioTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)
Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific) 2002.01.15 - 2003.12.11
Secretary of State (Latin America and Africa) 1997.06.11 - 2002.01.14

Parliamentary Secretary

PortfolioTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport 1986.10.15 - 1987.04.06
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development 1985.11.25 - 1986.10.14
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for External Relations 1984.11.01 - 1985.11.24
Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Privy Council 1979.10.01 - 1979.12.14

Deputy Speaker

PortfolioTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)
Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole of the House of Commons 1994.01.18 - 1997.04.27

Critic

Area of ResponsibilityTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)
Energy, Mines and Resources 1992 - 1993
Crime prevention 1981 - 1982

Assistant / Associate Critic

Area of ResponsibilityTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)
External Affairs 1983.09 - 1984

^ Committees - House of Commons
Chair

CommitteeSession
Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Development of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade 38th Parl., 1st Session (2004.10.04 - 2005.11.29)
37th Parl., 3rd Session (2004.02.02 - 2004.05.23)

Vice-Chair

CommitteeSession
Standing Committee on Energy, Mines and Resources 34th Parl., 3rd Session (1991.05.13 - 1993.09.08)
Subcommittee on the Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security of the Standing Committee on External Affairs and National Defence 32nd Parl., 2nd Session (1983.12.07 - 1984.07.09)

Member

CommitteeSession
Legislative Committee on Bill C-106 34th Parl., 3rd Session (1991.05.13 - 1993.09.08)
Legislative Committee on Bill C-21 33rd Parl., 2nd Session (1986.09.30 - 1988.10.01)
Legislative Committee on Bill C-28 33rd Parl., 2nd Session (1986.09.30 - 1988.10.01)
Legislative Committee on Bill C-30 33rd Parl., 2nd Session (1986.09.30 - 1988.10.01)
Legislative Committee on Bill C-301 34th Parl., 3rd Session (1991.05.13 - 1993.09.08)
Legislative Committee on Bill C-82 33rd Parl., 2nd Session (1986.09.30 - 1988.10.01)
Legislative Committee on Bill C-85 34th Parl., 3rd Session (1991.05.13 - 1993.09.08)
Legislative Committee on Bill C-89 34th Parl., 3rd Session (1991.05.13 - 1993.09.08)
Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food 38th Parl., 1st Session (2004.10.04 - 2005.11.29)
37th Parl., 3rd Session (2004.02.02 - 2004.05.23)
Standing Committee on Communications and Culture 32nd Parl., 1st Session (1980.04.14 - 1983.11.30)
Standing Committee on Energy, Mines and Resources 34th Parl., 3rd Session (1991.05.13 - 1993.09.08)
Standing Committee on External Affairs and National Defence 33rd Parl., 1st Session (1984.11.05 - 1986.08.28)
32nd Parl., 2nd Session (1983.12.07 - 1984.07.09)
Standing Committee on Finance, Trade and Economic Affairs 31st Parl., 1st Session (1979.10.09 - 1979.12.14)
Standing Committee on Health 37th Parl., 3rd Session (2004.02.02 - 2004.05.23)
Standing Committee on Human Rights and the Status of Disabled Persons 34th Parl., 2nd Session (1989.04.03 - 1991.05.12)
Standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development 33rd Parl., 1st Session (1984.11.05 - 1986.08.28)
Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, Regional and Northern Development 34th Parl., 2nd Session (1989.04.03 - 1991.05.12)
Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs 33rd Parl., 1st Session (1984.11.05 - 1986.08.28)
32nd Parl., 1st Session (1980.04.14 - 1983.11.30)
31st Parl., 1st Session (1979.10.09 - 1979.12.14)
Standing Committee on Miscellaneous Estimates 31st Parl., 1st Session (1979.10.09 - 1979.12.14)
Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections 31st Parl., 1st Session (1979.10.09 - 1979.12.14)
Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Development of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade 38th Parl., 1st Session (2004.10.04 - 2005.11.29)
37th Parl., 3rd Session (2004.02.02 - 2004.05.23)
Subcommittee on Human Rights in Eastern Europe of the Standing Committee on External Affairs and National Defence 33rd Parl., 1st Session (1984.11.05 - 1986.08.28)
Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Human Rights and the Status of Disabled Persons 34th Parl., 2nd Session (1989.04.03 - 1991.05.12)


^ Committees - Joint
Member

CommitteeSession
Special Joint Committee on Official Languages 32nd Parl., 1st Session (1980.04.14 - 1983.11.30)
Standing Joint Committee on Printing 31st Parl., 1st Session (1979.10.09 - 1979.12.14)
Standing Joint Committee on Official Languages 33rd Parl., 2nd Session (1986.09.30 - 1988.10.01)
Standing Joint Committee on Official Languages Policy and Programs 32nd Parl., 2nd Session (1983.12.07 - 1984.07.09)
Standing Joint Committee on Regulations and other Statutory Instruments 33rd Parl., 1st Session (1984.11.05 - 1986.08.28)
32nd Parl., 2nd Session (1983.12.07 - 1984.07.09)
32nd Parl., 1st Session (1980.04.14 - 1983.11.30)

^ Board of Internal Economy
RoleTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)
Member 1997.01.01 - 1997.04.27

Family Ties in Parliament
RelativeNameDate of BirthDate of Death
Brother-in-law Turner, John Napier
(M.P.)
1929.06.07
Selected Publications This bibliography includes books, chapters in books and journal articles written, edited, compiled or translated solely by the parliamentarian or with others.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the following information. Should you find any errors or omissions, please contact us at the following e-mail address: parlinfo@parl.gc.ca

^ Sole Author Books
  • Betrayal: The Spy Canada Abandoned.
    Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice Hall Canada; c1994. xiii, 254 p.

  • Inside outer Canada.
    Edmonton : Lone Pine Publishing; 1990. 255 p.

  • Quebec nationalism, western alienation and national reconciliation.
    Plattsburgh : Center for the Study of Canada, State University of New York; 1996. 7 leaves.

  • Uneasy Patriots: Western Canadians in Confederation.
    Edmonton : Lone Pine Pub; 1988. 271 p


Chapters in Books
  • Alberta: wild rose country. A land of shining mountains. Love at first sight!176.
    In: Canada / [editor, Elizabeth McIninch; photo editor, Malak Karsh]. [Ottawa] : Carol Canada; [2002?]. p. 169-74

  • Half a century of human rights.
    In: Peace, Justice, and Freedom: Human Rights Challenges for the New Millenium. Edmonton : The University of Alberta Press; c2000. p. 27-9

  • Le Parlement, les partis et le régionalisme.
    In : L'opinion publique face au Parlement ; Le Parlement, les partis et le régionalisme. Ottawa : Groupe canadien d'étude des questions parlementaires; 1991. 12 p.

  • Parliament, parties and regionalism.
    In: Public attitudes about Parliament; Parliament, parties and regionalism. Ottawa : Canadian Study of Parliament Group; 1991. 12 p.

  • Rwanda : une nation assiégée.
    In : Tousignant, Guy. La mission au Rwanda : entretiens avec le général Guy Tousignant / François Bugingo. Montréal : Liber; 1997. p. 225-43


Articles
  • A Westerner's Thoughts on the Referendum Results.
    Canadian Social Studies. 27 (2):49-50 Winter 1993.

  • Assessing some forks in the road.
    Canadian Social Studies. 31 (3):20-2 Spring 1997.

  • The Beaver River win requires a PC response.
    Western Report. 4:13 May 1,1989.

  • Beaver River win requires a PC response.
    Alberta Report. 16:13 May 1, 1989.

  • Believers and politics: Canadian churches must walk the fine line between social activism and partisan politics.
    Presbyterian Record,. 117:20-1 Oct. 1993.

  • Bosnia: the burning point of Europe.
    Diplomat & International Canada. pp. 14-15 July/Aug. 1995.

  • Call off the party: the discipline imposed by political parties in Canada may be the most rigid in the democratic world.
    Policy Options = Options politiques. 10:36 Mar. 1989.

  • Canada and Latin America: a developing interest.
    International Perspectives. p. 19-21 January/February1986.

  • Canada and the world .
    Canadian Social Studies. 32 (4):112 Summer 1998.

  • Canada in the 21st century: triumph or tragedy.
    Canadian Social Studies. 31 (1):2-4 Fall 1996.

  • Canada values CARICOM partners.
    Share. 22:8 Jan. 27, 2000.

  • Canada's Changing Geography of Jobs and Trade.
    Canadian Social Studies. 32 (3):75 spring 1998.

  • Canadian Education for the 21st Century.
    Canadian Social Studies. 26 (1):5-6 Fall 1991.

  • Canadians and foreign policy.
    Canadian Social Studies. 33:73 Spring 1999.

  • Democratizing our democracy: reforms are needed in our institutions so that all Canadians in all regions feel themselves to be full and ....
    Policy Options = Options politiques. 8 (4):22 May 1987.

  • Discipleship: living for Jesus in the world.
    Presbyterian Record. 124:14-18 May 2000.

  • Dope vs. people.
    Canadian Social Studies. 29:52 Winter 1995.

  • Ending gender inequality.
    New Federation. 3:18 July/Aug. 1992.

  • Ending regional favoritism.
    Policy Options = Options politiques. 12 (9) :3 Nov. 1991.

  • Ending violence against women.
    Canadian Social Studies. 26 (4):142-43 Summer 1992.

  • Equal access: integration of persons with disabilities.
    Canadian Social Studies Magazine. 29(4) Summer 1995.

  • Exploring options: Assembly '96.
    Canadian Social Studies. 31 (4):167-8 Summer 1997.

  • From tolerance to understanding: strengthening Canada's relations with Muslim communities in Asia-Pacific.
    Peace Research. 35:99 (9) Nov. 2003.

  • Grant MacEwan--Western Canada's ongoing legend.
    Canadian Social Studies. 32 (2):37-8 Winter 1998.

  • How to diversify the West (Western Diversification Strategy).
    Policy Options = Options politiques. 8:12 Nov. 1987.

  • How Will We Crack the Ice and Smack the Chronic, Sugar and Coke? The Control of Illicit Drugs in Canada?.
    Canadian Social Studies. 31 (2):64-65 Winter 1997.

  • Illicit drugs: enforcement and health approaches complementary.
    Edmonton Bar Association Bulletin. 3 (3): (4 pgs.) Summer 1999.

  • Inner and outer Canadians: ending regional injustice.
    New Federation. 3:7 Jan./Feb. 1992.

  • International Day of Disabled Persons: celebrating strength and Vitality.
    Abilities. p. 35 Winter 2002.

  • Internationalizing rights.
    Policy Options = Options politiques. 7:6 Dec. 1986.

  • Jobs wanted .
    Jobs wanted. 16:19 July 1, 1996.

  • Joint responsibility: human rights across the Commonwealth.
    Parliamentarian. 77 (2):120-4 Apr. 1996.

  • Mounting carnage in Rwanda.
    Diplomat & International Canada. pp. 19-20 June/July 1994.

  • Narrowing the gap.
    Policy Options = Options politiques. 7:7 Jan./Feb. 1986.

  • National and International Views.
    Canadian Social Studies. 27(1):8-9 Fall 1992.

  • NGOs and development assistance [Non-governmental Organizations].
    CUSO Forum. 2:18-19 May 1984.

  • No small affair (budget leak story).
    Ryerson Review of Journalism. p. 8 Spring 1990.

  • The outer Canadians.
    Policy Options = Options politiques. 11:27 Apr. 1990.

  • Party discipline and Canadian democracy.
    Canadian Parliamentary Review. 11:10 Fall 1988.

  • The perils of executive democracy.
    Policy Options = Options politiques. 13:3 June 1992.

  • Religion in statecraft.
    Canadian Social Studies. 33:5 Fall 1998.

  • Saving the forests of western Canada.
    Policy Options = Options politiques. 11:34 Dec. 1990.

  • Teaching democracy.
    Canadian Social Studies. 32 (1):7-8 Fall 1997.

  • Tending the garden of democracy.
    Canadian Social Studies. 33 : 38-9 Winter 1999.

  • They aren't making any more land.
    Policy Options = Options politiques. 11:32 June 1990.

  • Toward a world in balance: Canada and the Third World.
    Policy Options = Options politiques. 14:35-7 June 1993.

  • The UN and the challenge of human security.
    McGill International Review. 1:21-3 Winter 2000.

  • We need a constitutional convention.
    Policy Options = Options politiques. 12 8 Jan./Feb. 1991.

  • We need a new Marshall plan.
    Policy Options = Options politiques. 13:10 Apr. 1992.

  • The West and National Unity.
    Canadian Social Studies. 30 (4):158 Summer 1996.

  • Western Canadians and the Mulroney Constitutional Proposal.
    Canadian Social Studies. 26 (2):57-59 Winter 1991.

  • Whither 1992?.
    Canadian Social Studies. 26 (3):96 Spring 1992.

  • Whither Canada? Regional interests of outer Canadians have been ignored for too long by inner Canadians.
    Parliamentary Government. 10:6 1991.

  • Whither educational thinking?.
    Canadian Social Studies. 30 (2):59-60 Winter 1996.

  • Whither family life?.
    Canadian Social Studies. 30 (3):110-11 Spring 1996.

  • Whither Racism.
    Canadian Social Studies. 29 (1):6-7 Fall 1994.

  • Why REAL Women deserved no money.
    Western Report. 2:56 Feb. 9, 1987.


^ Multiple Authors Books
  • Alternatives North Americas: Canada and the United States. Kilgour, David and David T. Jones
    Edmonton : University Of Alberta Press ; 2006. 352 p.

  • Christians in the public square: law, gospel & public policy [essays]. Cranfield, C.E.B., David Kilgour and John Warwick Montgomery
    Edmonton : Canadian Institute for Law, Theology and Public Policy; 1996. 348 p.


Chapters in Books
  • Discipline versus democracy: party discipline in Canadian politics. Kilgour, David, John Kirsner and Kenneth McConnell
    In: Crosscurrents: contemporary political issues / edited by Mark Charlton and Paul Barker. 5th ed. Scarborough, Ont. : Thomson Nelson; 2005. p. 235-45

  • Discipline versus democracy: party discipline in Canadian politics. Kilgour, David, John Kirsner and Kenneth McConnell
    In: Crosscurrents: Contemporary political issues / edited by Mark Charlton and Paul Barker. 6th ed. Toronto : Nelson Education Ltd.; c2009. p. 219-24

  • Discipline versus democracy: party discipline in Canadian politics. Kilgour, David, John Kirsner and Kenneth McConnell
    In: Crosscurrents: contemporary political issues / edited by Mark Charlton and Paul Barker. 4th ed. Toronto : Thomson Nelson ; 2002. p. 223-28

  • Discipline versus democracy: party discipline in Canadian politics. Kilgour, David, John Kirsner and Kenneth McConnell
    In: Crosscurrents: contemporary political issues / edited by Mark Charlton and Paul Barker. 3rd ed. Toronto : ITP Nelson; 1998. p. 280-85

  • Discipline versus democracy: party discipline in Canadian politics. Kilgour, David and John Kirsner
    In: Crosscurrents 1: contemporary political issues / edited by Mark Charlton and Paul Barker. Scarborough, Ont. : Nelson Canada; c1991. p. 202-04

  • Discipline versus democracy: party discipline in Canadian politics. Kilgour, David, John Kiirsner and Kenneth McConnell
    In: Crosscurrents: contemporary political issues / edited by Mark Charlton and Paul Barker. 2nd ed. Scarborough, Ont. : Nelson Canada; 1994. p. 194-200

  • Strength under siege: Canadian civil society post-September 11. Kilgour, David, Sam Millar and Jacqueline O'Neill
    In: Canada and September 11th: impact and responses / edited by Karim-Aly Kassam, George Melnyk and Lynne Perras. Calgary : Detselig Enterprises; 2002. p. 151-61


Articles
  • Conversations with eight post-communist democracies. Kilgour, David, Elizabeth Kwasniewski and Cecil Cross
    Canadian Parliamentary Review. 17:19-21 Fall 1994.

  • Cuts in foreign aid: a policy heading backwards. Kilgour, David and Brigitte Audet
    Diplomat & International Canada. pp. 32-3 May/June 1993.

  • Education beyond stereotypes. Kilgour, David and Ewa Bultrowicz
    Canadian Social Studies. 29 (3):91 Spring 1995.

  • The freedom to promote hate: what we learned from Jim Keegstra and Malcolm Ross. Raymaker, Derek and David Kilgour
    UNB Law Journal. 4:327-32 1992.

  • Huit nouvelles démocraties s'expriment. Kilgour, David, Elizabeth Kwasniewski et Cecil Cross
    Revue parlementaire canadienne. 17 (3):19-21 automne 1994.

  • Should federal government assets be moved out of Quebec pending the outcome of a Quebec sovereignty referendum?. Kilgour, David and Barry Cooper
    Western Report. 7 (18):36 June 1, 1992.


Oral History Project
  • David Kilgour, M.P. : interview / conducted by Tom Earle.
    Ottawa : Library of Parliament; [1995?]. 63 p.


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