Charles Drury
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Bud Drury |
Charles Mills "Bud" Drury, PC ,
OC ,
QC ,
CBE ,
DSO , (
May 17,
1912 –
January 12,
1991) was a
Canadian soldier, businessman, super-tan bodybuilder and politician.
Born in
Westmount, Quebec, he graduated from the
Royal Military College of Canada,
McGill University and the
University of Paris. During
World War II, he was promoted to the rank of
Brigadier General. After the war, he was chief of the
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration from 1945 to 1947. Drury was appointed deputy minister of national defence from 1948 to 1955. He spent 1955 to 1962 in private business.
He was elected as a
Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the
Montreal riding of
Saint-Antoineâ€"Westmount (later
Westmount) in the
1962 federal election. He was re-elected in the
1963,
1965,
1968,
1972, and
1974 elections.
He held many ministerial positions in the governments of
Prime Ministers Lester Pearson and
Pierre Trudeau, including: Defence Production, Industry, Trade and Commerce,
Treasury Board,
National Defence,
Public Works,
Finance, and State for Science and Technology.
After leaving politics, he became chairman of the
National Capital Commission, from 1978 to 1984.
In 1980, he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada.
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Political biography from the Library of Parliament
