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Place of Birth: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
About John McDermid
- John Horton McDermid, PC, FRI (born March 17, 1940) is a former Canadian politician. McDermid worked in marketing, public relations and broadcasting before entered politics.
- He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1979 federal election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Brampton—Georgetown outside of Toronto, Ontario. He was re-elected in the 1980, 1984 and 1988 elections.
- He became a parliamentary secretary when the Tories took power in 1984.
- From 1988 to 1993, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as series of junior minister positions: Minister of State for Housing (1988-1989), International Trade (1988-1989), Privatization and Regulatory Affairs (1989-1991), and Finance and Privatization (1991-1993). He left Cabinet with the departure of Mulroney as Prime Minister of Canada in June 1993, and did not run in the 1993 federal election.
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