Ralph Goodale
The Honourable Ralph Goodale PC MP | |
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Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness | |
Assumed office November 4, 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
Preceded by | Steven Blaney |
Minister of Finance | |
In office December 11, 2003 – February 6, 2006 | |
Prime Minister | Paul Martin |
Preceded by | John Manley |
Succeeded by | Jim Flaherty |
Minister of Public Works and Government Services | |
In office May 26, 2002 – December 11, 2003 | |
Prime Minister | Jean Chretien |
Preceded by | Don Boudria |
Succeeded by | Stephen Owen |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Regina—Wascana | |
Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Constituency reestablished |
In office October 25, 1993 – June 2, 1997 | |
Preceded by | Larry Schneider |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Wascana | |
In office June 2, 1997 – October 19, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Assiniboia-Gravelbourg | |
In office 1986–1988 | |
Preceded by | Allen Engel |
Succeeded by | Jack Wolfe |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Assiniboia | |
In office July 8, 1974 – May 22, 1979 | |
Preceded by | Bill Knight |
Succeeded by | Leonard Gustafson |
Personal details | |
Born |
Ralph Edward Goodale October 5, 1949 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Pam Goodale |
Alma mater |
University of Regina University of Saskatchewan |
Religion | Lutheranism |
Ralph Edward Goodale, PC MP (born October 5, 1949) is Canada's Minister of Public Safety in the present Cabinet, headed by Justin Trudeau. He was Canada's Minister of Finance from 2003 to 2006, and leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party from 1981 to 1988. He has been the Liberal Member of Parliament for Regina-Wascana since 1993 (known as simply Wascana from 1997 to 2015), having previously served as the member for Assiniboia from 1974 to 1979. He was named Opposition House Leader by interim Liberal leader Bill Graham in 2006, and continued to serve in this role under the leadership of Stéphane Dion and Michael Ignatieff until September 2010 when he was promoted to Deputy Leader—a post he retained under Trudeau.
Early life
Goodale was born in Regina, Saskatchewan and raised on a farm near Wilcox, Saskatchewan. He was a member of Scouts Canada and earned the rank of Queen's Scout.[1] He first attended the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus and then obtained a law degree from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, where he was awarded the Gold Medal for academic achievement.
Federal politics, 1974-1979
Active at politics from a young age, he was first elected to the Parliament of Canada in the 1974 election at the age of 24 from the seat of Assiniboia. He served as a government backbencher until the 1979 election, when he was defeated.
Provincial politics
In 1981, Goodale was named leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party.
He led that party to a very poor showing in the 1982 provincial election, in which the party received 4.51% of the popular vote and won no seats in the provincial legislature. However, Goodale was the only Liberal candidate to receive more than 1,000 votes.[2]
The party won 9.99% of the vote in the 1986 provincial election, but only Goodale was elected to the legislature. Goodale ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility in this election, arguing that both the Progressive Conservative and New Democrat (NDP) parties favoured excessive spending policies, typified by their proposals for a Keynesian-style stimulation of the provincial economy through subsidized home improvement and renovation schemes.
Return to federal politics
Defeated in 1988 election
Goodale resigned as leader to run for the federal Liberals in the 1988 election for the seat of Regina—Wascana, but he was narrowly defeated by former Regina mayor Larry Schneider, who later went on to serve briefly in Kim Campbell's cabinet. Beginning earlier that year and prior to his resignation, Goodale's executive assistant was Jason Kenney. Kenney would become a Conservative Party of Canada MP in a Calgary riding.
Goodale then spent five years in the private sector, working for companies such as the Pioneer Life Assurance Company, Pioneer Lifeco Inc., and Sovereign Life Insurance Co.; he has stated in interviews that he felt his political career had ended.
In government, 1993-2006
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Goodale contested Regina-Wascana again in the 1993 federal election and was elected as part of the Liberals' massive landslide that year. As a member of the new Chrétien cabinet, Goodale was named Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. He has the prenominal "the Honourable" and the postnominal "PC" for life by virtue of being made a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on November 4, 1993.[3] He has been reelected for this riding, known as Wascana from 1997 to 2015, at every election since then.
In 1997, he became the Minister of Natural Resources. In 2002, he was named Minister of Public Works and Government Services. The Department of Public Works and Government Services had been plagued by scandals.
A close ally of Paul Martin, Goodale was appointed to the senior portfolio of Finance Minister when Martin became Prime Minister on December 12, 2003. In that capacity he tabled two consecutive balanced budgets and launched the Government's productivity agenda.
On December 28, 2005, a letter surfaced from Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli confirming the force was launching a criminal investigation into whether details regarding government tax policies relating to income trust funds were leaked from the Finance Minister's office. Goodale said he would co-operate completely with any investigation, but would not step aside while the RCMP continued their probe. The investigation deals only with the Department of Finance, and not the minister himself.[4] On February 15, 2007 the RCMP announced the conclusion of the income trust investigation and laid a charge of 'Breach of Trust' against Serge Nadeau, an official in the Department of Finance.[5] Goodale was cleared of any wrongdoing.[6] Goodale blamed the NDP's Judy Wasylycia-Leis for sabotaging the Liberals in the 2006 election.[7]
In opposition, 2006-2015
Goodale won re-election to the House of Commons in the general election on January 23, 2006, but lost his cabinet position with the Liberal defeat.
2006 Liberal Party leadership election
After the Liberals' defeat, and Paul Martin's election night announcement that he would be resigning as party leader, Goodale initially indicated that he was not interested in succeeding Martin in that post. "I do not anticipate ever having to cross that bridge," he said. "I rule it out."[8] On March 16, 2006, however, the Toronto Star reported that Goodale was reconsidering his decision, and stated that he may enter the Liberal leadership election after all.[9] In the end he declined, citing his inability to speak French as a key reason. On November 28, 2006, he endorsed Bob Rae to be the next leader of the Liberal Party.[10] After the third ballot, Bob Rae, who finished third, was eliminated. Goodale then endorsed Stéphane Dion, the eventual winner.
Goodale was opposed to David Orchard's candidacy in the by-election for Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River.[11] Dion terminated the nomination contest and appointed Joan Beatty as the candidate.
Proposed coalition government, 2008
In November 2008, the three opposition parties in the Canadian parliament indicated their intention to defeat the Stephen Harper government in a motion of no confidence, and expressed their desire for Governor General Michaëlle Jean to ask a member of the opposition to form a new government. There was initially some speculation that Goodale would become Prime Minister of Canada as leader of the proposed coalition government.[12] However, the coalition agreement simply made "the leader of the Liberal Party" Prime Minister, and the Liberals agreed shortly after that Stéphane Dion would lead the government on an interim basis until a new Liberal leader was chosen.[13] In the end, parliament was prorogued by Jean at the request of the prime minister before a confidence vote could be put to the house. By the time parliament resumed in January 2009, Michael Ignatieff had become interim leader of the party. He did not seek to bring down the government and agreed to support Harper's budget with amendments.
2011 election
Goodale was one of the 34 Liberal MPs who was returned in the 2011 federal election.
The NDP surpassed the Liberals in number of seats, becoming the official opposition, resulted in priority in choosing parliamentary offices. They requested that Goodale forfeit his suite in the coveted Central Block. The Liberals saw this as a measure of disrespect to Goodale, noting that he had seniority as a former cabinet minister and house leader, despite this being standard practice and noting the Conservatives had not asked any Liberals to give up their offices.[7]
In government, 2015-present
The Liberals won a majority government in the 2015 federal election, and Goodale was re-elected to a ninth term in the House of Commons, once again representing Regina—Wascana as a consequence of redistricting. He was named Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.[14] He is the only MP to serve in government with both Pierre and Justin Trudeau.[15]
Next-in-line
An order in council on November 4, 2015,[16] places Goodale as first in line to assume the prime minister's powers & duties as acting prime minister, should Prime Minister Justin Trudeau become incapacitated. Trudeau did not appoint a deputy prime minister.
Electoral record
Regina—Wascana
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Ralph Goodale | 23,552 | 55.13 | +13.37 | – | |||
Conservative | Michael Kram | 12,931 | 30.27 | -5.44 | – | |||
New Democratic | April Bourgeois | 5,362 | 12.55 | -7.53 | – | |||
Green | Frances Simonson | 878 | 2.06 | -0.4 | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 42,723 | 100.0 | $191,756.36 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 176 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 42,889 | 75.4 | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 56,656 |
Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | (x) Ralph Goodale | 15,823 | 40.8 | -5.2 | $65,366 | |||
Conservative | Ian Shields | 14,291 | 36.9 | +2.3 | $74,976 | |||
New Democratic | Marc Spooner | 7,681 | 19.8 | +5.1 | $25,821 | |||
Green | Bill Clary | 954 | 2.5 | -2.1 | $755 | |||
Total valid votes | 38,749 | 100.0 | – | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 106 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |||||
Turnout | 38,855 | 68.1 | +3.9 | |||||
Eligible voters | 57,034 | – | – |
Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | (x) Ralph Goodale | 17,028 | 46.0 | -5.7 | $66,057 | |||
Conservative | Michelle Hunter | 12,798 | 34.6 | +4.4 | $66,686 | |||
New Democratic | Stephen Moore | 5,418 | 14.7 | +0.2 | $19,393 | |||
Green | George Wooldridge | 1,706 | 4.6 | +1.1 | $4,204 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 36,950 | 100.0 | $77,030 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 121 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |||||
Turnout | 37,071 | 64.2 | -6 |
Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | (x) Ralph Goodale | 20,666 | 51.8 | -5.4 | $66,648 | |||
Conservative | Brad Farquhar | 11,990 | 30.0 | +5.8 | $67,579 | |||
New Democratic | Helen Yum | 5,880 | 14.7 | -1.3 | $30,123 | |||
Green | Nigel Taylor | 1,378 | 3.5 | +0.9 | $1,653 | |||
Total valid votes | 39,914 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 94 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||||
Turnout | 40,008 | 70 | +7 |
Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | (x) Ralph Goodale | 20,567 | 57.2 | +16.0 | $43,226 | |||
Conservative | Doug Cryer | 8,709 | 24.2 | -11.9 | $57,802 | |||
New Democratic | Erin M.K. Weir | 5,771 | 16.0 | -5.5 | $29,783 | |||
Green | Darcy Robilliard | 928 | 2.6 | |||||
Total valid votes | 35,975 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 80 | 0.2 | -0.1 | |||||
Turnout | 36,055 | 63.1 | +0.9 |
Canadian federal election, 2000 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | (x) Ralph Goodale | 14,244 | 41.2 | -0.7 | $56,685 | |||
Alliance | James Rybchuk | 12,492 | 36.1 | +7.2 | $59,667 | |||
New Democratic | Garth Ormiston | 7,446 | 21.5 | -6.8 | $58,098 | |||
Canadian Action | Wayne Gilmer | 401 | 1.2 | +0.4 | $1,619 | |||
Total valid votes | 34,583 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 98 | 0.3 | -0.1 | |||||
Turnout | 34,681 | 62.3 | -4.0 |
Canadian federal election, 1997 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | (x) Ralph Goodale | 14,077 | 41.9 | -2.4 | $54,021 | |||
New Democratic | John Burton | 9,530 | 28.4 | +7.2 | $37,942 | |||
Reform | Glen Blager | 7,261 | 21.6 | +5.9 | $39,285 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Michael Morris | 2,477 | 7.4 | -8.4 | $18,266 | |||
Canadian Action | Walter P. Sigda | 264 | 0.8 | – | $1,822 | |||
Total valid votes | 33,609 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 136 | 0.4 | ||||||
Turnout | 33,745 | 66.2 |
Canadian federal election, 1993 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
Liberal | (x) Ralph Goodale | 19,555 | 44.3 | +11.5 | ||||
New Democratic | Donna Shire | 9,323 | 21.1 | -11.8 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Larry Schneider | 6,943 | 15.7 | -18.3 | ||||
Reform | Andrew Jackson | 6,935 | 15.7 | – | ||||
National | John Keen | 734 | 1.7 | – | ||||
Natural Law | C. Angus Hunt | 228 | 0.5 | – | ||||
Christian Heritage | Hugh Owens | 192 | 0.4 | – | ||||
Independent | Barry James Farr | 185 | 0.4 | – | ||||
Canada Party | Walter P. Sigda | 64 | 0.1 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 44,159 | 100.0 |
Canadian federal election, 1988 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Progressive Conservative | (x) Larry Schneider | 15,339 | 34.0 | |||||
New Democratic | Dickson Bailey | 14,829 | 32.9 | |||||
Liberal | Ralph Goodale | 14,804 | 32.8 | |||||
Communist | Kimball Cariou | 76 | 0.2 | |||||
Libertarian | Ian Christopher Madsen | 65 | 0.1 | |||||
Total valid votes | 45,113 | 100.0 |
Assiniboia-Gravelbourg
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Ralph Edward Goodale | 3,246 | 41.01 | +8.66 | |
New Democratic | Allen Willard Engel | 2,395 | 30.26 | -3.43 | |
PC | Bill Fancourt | 2,273 | 28.72 | +0.14 | |
Total | 7,914 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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New Democratic | Allen Willard Engel | 2,875 | 33.69 | -4.80 | |
Liberal | Ralph Edward Goodale | 2,760 | 32.34 | -0.43 | |
PC | Rene Archambault | 2,438 | 28.57 | -0.13 | |
Western Canada Concept | Hugh Clarke | 459 | 5.37 | - | |
Total | 8,532 |
Assiniboia
Canadian federal election, 1980 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Len Gustafson | 11,251 | ||||||
Liberal | Ralph Goodale | 10,167 | ||||||
New Democratic | Randy MacKenzie | 9,710 | ||||||
Social Credit | Walton Eddy | 178 |
Canadian federal election, 1979 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Len Gustafson | 12,365 | ||||||
New Democratic | Bill Knight | 11,183 | ||||||
Liberal | Ralph Goodale | 9,955 | ||||||
Social Credit | Walton Eddy | 292 |
Canadian federal election, 1974 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Ralph Goodale | 9,986 | ||||||
New Democratic | Bill Knight | 9,441 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Tom Hart | 7,105 | ||||||
Social Credit | Rod McRae | 246 |
References
- ↑ Archived November 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Biodata Archived August 12, 2004, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "RCMP to investigate allegations of income trust leak". CBC News. 2005-12-29. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ↑ "RCMP investigation conclusion". News.gc.ca. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ↑ "Goodale cleared in trust case". Canada.com. 2007-02-16. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- 1 2 Taber, Jane (May 31, 2011). "First went their colleagues, now the Grits are losing office space". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/sask/story/goodale-liberals060124.html. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ Archived November 16, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Delacourt, Susan, "Dion accused of snubbing Orchard", Toronto Star, January 5, 2008
- ↑ Whittington, Les; Tonda MacCharles; Bruce Campion-Smith (2008-11-30). "Tories blink first in showdown". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
One prominent name being mentioned is former Liberal finance minister Ralph Goodale.
- ↑ "Liberals, NDP, Bloc sign deal on proposed coalition". CBC News. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
- ↑ "Saskatchewan MP Ralph Goodale sworn in as minister of public safety". CBC News. 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
- ↑ "Ralph Goodale only MP to serve under both Trudeau prime ministers". CBC News. 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
- ↑ Office, Government of Canada Privy Council. "Orders in Council - Search". www.pco-bcp.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
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