Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 21, 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday March 21, 1963 Here Are the Liberal leadership hopefuls Mitchell Sharp born in Winnipeg in 1911, finance minister Sharp was educated at the University of Mani Toba and London school of economics. A member of the United Church or. Sharp is married and the father of one child. He was associate Deputy minister and Deputy minister of Trade and Commerce from 1951 to 1958. A member of the Toronto club and Rideau club or. Sharp was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1962 general election. First elected to the House in 1963, or. Sharp was re elected in. 1965. My for Eglinton he was appointed mini Ster of Trade and com Merce in april 1963, and finance minister and receiver general in Decem Ber 1965. Ernest Zuendel or. Zundel 29, is a self employed Commer Cial artist of German birth. Rod Woodcock or. Woodcock 21, an unemployed Salesman from Edmonton is about to embark on a management trainee course with a department store. A High school graduate Woodcock is a Mem Ber of the Edmonton Centre Liberal association but was t chosen As one of its delegates to the Ottawa leadership convention. Fifteen now in race Calgary up James John Harris a 31-year-old correspondence school mining Engineer has announced he will be an absent a candidate for the National leadership of the Liberal party. Asked Why he decided to be come the 15lh candidate in the leadership race or. Harris said my generation is going to be running Canada within the next 10 years and i decided it was time i did some Active he said he has the Best pos sible training gained through study of the political doctrines of the late chinese Republican Leader Sun Yat sen. Paul Hellyer my for Trinity trans port minister Hellyer was born in 1923 in Waterford ont. He is married the father of three and a member of the United Church. A graduate in aeronautical engineering from the Curtiss Wright technical Institute of aeronautics in California or. Hellyer also hold an arts degree from the univer sity of Toronto. He served with the Craf and Royal Canadian artillery from 1944 to 1946. First elected to the House in 1949, or. Hellyer was re elected in 1953, then Defeated in 1957 and made another unsuccessful bid for re election in 1958. He was appointed parliamentary assistant to the minister of National defence in february 1956, and associate defence minister in april 1957. Re elected in a late 1958 by election or. Hellyer defended his seat in 1962, 1963 and 1965. He was appointed defence minister in april 1963, and trans port minister in september 1967. Eric Kierans born in Montreal in 1914, or. Kierans was educated at Loyala col lege and Mcgill univer sity. A roman Catholic he is married and the father of two. Or. Kier ans is a former director of Mcgil s school of Commerce and taught finance there. A Busi Nessman and owner of several firms he was president of the Montre Al and Canadian Stock exchanges from 1960 to 1963. He was elected to the Quebec legislature for notre Dame de Grace in a 1963 Bielec Tion and was named provincial minister of Revenue in 1963, health minister in 1965. Vice president of the Canad an Institute of Public affairs a director of the Canadian management Council and a member of the Canadian political science association and american economic association. Elected the Quebec Liberal federa Tion in i960, or. Kierans was re elected by acclamation the next year. John Kroeker a graduate in actuarial mathematics from the University of Manitoba or. Kroeker was fired from the Federal civil service in 1965 after denouncing the Canada pension plan. He was then senior actuary in the department of insurance Branch and had been a Federal govern 1 ment employee for 13 years. The 39-year-old father of six is a native of Steinbach Man. Or. Kroeker was an in Cess Ful mayoralty candidate in Ottawa in 1966. John Turner a lawyer consumer affairs minister Turner was born in England in 1929. A roman Catholic and married or. Turner was educated at the University of British Columbia Oxford and the University of Paris. First elected to the House in 1962, he was re elected in 1963 and 1965. Or. Turner my for St. Lawrence St. George was named minister without portfolio in december 1965, and consumer affairs mini Ster in january 1968. To coverage of House urged what qualities should the next Leader of the Liberal party possess what characteristics Are canadians looking for in their next prime minister Many viewpoints Are being put Forward that the next first minister must be bilingual that he should be relatively Young or at least be accept Able to the younger generation that he should be progressive and experimental that he should have a wide variety of political experience that he should be financially responsible and an effective manager. If the Choice of the conservative convention in a Leader is a reflection of what canadians want their next prime minister to be like it would seem that the country is not looking for anyone Young flashy or progressive but a solid sober managerial Type. However Liberal delegates feel they will have a wide Choice possibly As Many As 15 candidates to pick from. Many Are already campaigning and Are on the record on Many subjects. There is a Good possibility that six of the professed candidates will not be eligible to run when nominations close at noon april 4, the first Day of the leadership convention. To be eligible each candidate must obtain signatures of 50 delegates to the convention on his nomination papers. Those who May have trouble obtaining the required number of signatures Are Lloyd Henderson Ernest Zuendel Ron Woodcock Lionel Laframboise John Kroeker and James Harris. Here is a Brief biography of each candidate giving his background and achievements so that readers May judge each decide who in their opinion would make the Best prime minister Pierre e. Trudeau Holder of degrees from the universities of Montreal Harvard and Paris and the London school of economics Justice minister Trudeau. Is a lawyer economist who taught Constitution Al Law at Mcgill univer sity. A roman Catholic Bachelor or. Trudeau was born in Montreal in 1921. He is a member of the Royal society of Canada the Quebec bar and the . International club. Elected to the. House for mount Royal in 1965, or. Tru Deau was appointed parliamentary Secretary to prime minister Pearson in january 1966, and Justice minister in april 1967. J. Joe Greene born june 24, 1920, in Toronto agriculture minister Greene was educated at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall from where he received a Law degree. An anglican or. Greene is married and the father of five children. He served in the Craf from 1941 to 1945, retiring with the rank of flight lieutenant. Or. Greene is a member of the University club Toronto the Arnprior ont., Golf club Arnprior Curling club and Branch 174, Canadian legion. First elected to the House of commons for Renfrew South in 1963, he was re elected in 1965. Or. Greene was appointed agriculture minister dec. 18, 1965. Quebec will Back Trudeau Marchand by the Canadian press consumer affairs minister Turner suggested tuesday that Csc channels should be set aside for regular televising of the commons. It was one of several reforms suggested by or. Turner a fed eral Liberal leadership Candi Date. He unveiled the proposed re forms in a speech to the Cham Ber of Commerce at Repentigny que. Another candidate Eric Kier ans speaking in Halifax urged canadians to invest in Canada to insure the country s continued expansion. He told a news conference that . Investment in Canada will be curbed because of that nation s financial commitments in Vietnam nuclear supremacy and the space programs. Or. Turner urged three major Points in his suggested reforms of parliamentary procedure an analysis of procedures to eliminate useless debates and overcome slowness of govern ment decisions. 9 an increase in authority for the government party whip who should be a Cabinet minister responsible for government Busi Ness. Redefinition of the role of maps Many of whom Felt that they had become simple voting machines or information Agen cies for die voters of their con he said that maps need re searchers and constituency offices and each piece of Legisla Tion should be aimed at a House committee where members Felt less bound by party discipline and had greater ability to use their Talent and judgment. At his news conference or. Keraus said . Subsidiaries in Canada should have profits limited and foreign subsidiaries should have dividends limited to their average of the last five years. Ottawa up manpower minister Marchand claimed monday that Pierre Elliott tru Deau will get the support of 75 to 80 per cent of Quebec s 627 delegates to the Liberal Leader ship or. Marchand stuck by his prediction under sceptical questioning by reporters at a press conference called to announce that he and Treasury Board president Benson will be co chairmen of the Trudeau Campaign. I know Quebec delegates and i know How they Are going to said the manpower min ister. The 80 per cent would not materialize on the first ballot at the convention april 6. But sup porters of other delegates who could not possibly win would go Over to the Justice minister in later ballots. Or. Marchand conceded that Trudeau support among Liberal maps has been reduced by the late entry of Trade minister Winters into the race. He prom ised a precise announcement within a few Days. Or. Benson said or. Trudeau will head the first ballot. The Justice minister was re minded that claims of All Candi dates for Quebec support added up to double or triple the actual voting delegates. Quebec voters vote with great he said in straight faced reply. Or. Trudeau said he pays rent for the private aircraft he is using for Campaign trips. A number of other campaigning ministers have run into criticism inside and outside the commons for their use of air Craft supplied by Large companies. The 46-year-old candidate has appointed a Campaign funds committee. He said these men know the state of his Campaign balance Sheet but he does not. We will make sure we accept no funds that bind us in any he said. Or. Benson claimed the Campaign would be financed by and donations from hundreds of supporters. Gold solution seen As Only temporary St. Johns fld. Up recent moves to Stem the Rush on Gold were Only a temporary designed to provide a breathing spell in the International financial crisis Liberal leadership candidate Eric Kierans said Here monday. Or. Kierans on a hectic six hour Campaign visit seeking Delegate support at the april 4-6 leadership convention said the Basic problem still re and that was the out flow of . Dollars and the world s continued dependence on the Supply of Gold. Vietnam is the main cause of the mr.-. Kierans said at a news Confer ence. As Long As the Vietnam War continued and Gold remained the Basic International currency we can envisage recurring Robert Winters born in 1910 in Lun Enburg Nova Scotia Trade and Commerce minister Winters my for York West was educated at mount Allison University and the Massachusetts Institute of and the father of two or. Winters is a member of the United Church. He served with the Royal Canadian electrical and mechanical engineers As a lieutenant colonel. Or. Winters is a member of the association of professional engineers of Ontario and Tau Beta i f r a t e in i t y. Was formerly with Bell Tele phone laboratories new York the new York Telephone company and Northern electric com Pany ltd., Montreal. First elected to the House in 1945, or. Winters was re elected in 1949 and 1953. He was Defeated in 1957, then re elected in 1965. Or. Winters was appointed parliamentary assistant to the minister of National Revenue in 1947 and to the minister of transport in 1948. He was named minister of reconstruction and sup ply in november 1948 minister of resources and development in Jan uary 1950, and Public works minister in september 1957. He was appointed minister of Trade and Commerce in january 1966. Allan Maceachen health minister Mac Eachen my for Inver Ness Richmond was born in 1921 Ness nov Scotia. A roman Catholic he was educated at St. Xavier University the University of University of and Massachusetts Institute of technology. Or Maceachen was professor of economics at St. Francis Xavier from 1946 to 1948 and head of its economics and social., sciences department. First elected to the House in 1953, or. Mac Eachen was special Distant and consultant on economic affairs to Lester Pearson from 1958 to 1962. He was a parliamentary observer to the 1955 United nations general Assembly and an alternate Dele Gate to the econ Omic and social Council session in.1956. Or. M a c e a c h e i was re elected in 1957, then Defeated in 1958. He regained his seat in 1962 and was re elected 1963 and 1965. He was labor minister from april 1963, until named health minister in december 1965. Lionel Laframboise or. Laframboise 52, is a mine development agent in Elliot Lake ont. He campaigned unsuccessfully in Nippins sing in 1951 and 1955. Henderson says he s optimistic Vancouver up Rev. Lloyd Henderson who Drew one vote in the 1958 Liberal Leader ship contest arrived Here wednesday night full of optimism about his chances to win the Post this year. The Portage la Prairie Man., presbyterian minister jumped into the race before any of his better known rivals. Dec. 14, the Day after prime minister Pearson announced he would resign or. Henderson said he would contest the nation Al party leadership his attempt in the 1958 Leader ship convention won by or. Pearson was supported by Only one voting Delegate. Despite a Low Cost budget Henderson believes he has a Chance for the nomination. Look there Are 15 in the he says. Only one is going to be elected. Nobody s out front leading now. It s any one s guess who will win. Even if i lose i m in with some pretty important Trudeau Mitch Sharp Paul Hellyer Martin Kierans Bob Winters. Lloyd Henderson born in Prince Edward Island in 1908, or. Henderson has been a presbyterian minister in Portage la Prairie Man., since 1943. Or. Hender son who is married was educated at Mcgill University and Harvard. His ministerial experience included preaching in Prince Edward Island and Ottawa before be coming minister of the first presbyterian Church in footage. Mayor of Portage from 1948 to 1967, or. Hend Erson made an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the National Liberal party in 1958 and was unsuccessful again when he. Contested the leadership of the Mani Toba Liberal party in 1961. Maceachen leases own network Ottawa up health minister Allan Maceachen a Liberal leadership candidate will Star on at least one television network during the convention his own. Or. Maceachen has leased a closed circuit system at an estimated Cost of to provide 15 hours of telecasting aimed at giving him a major boost during the april 4-6 convention. The programs will carry highlights of the convention including those in which or. Maceachen is not prominent. All programs however will have a reasonable Bias in favor of or. Maceachen a Campaign organizer said wednesday. I Paul Martin born in Ottawa in 1903, external affairs minister Martin was educated at the University of Toronto Osgoode Hall Law Sci tool Harvard Law school Cambridge and the Geneva sch Boron International roman Catholic m r. Martin is married has two children and is senior partner in a Law firm. Martin lec tured act the University of Western Ontario from 1931 to and was first e 1 dec t e d to the House in. 1935. He was chairman of the Canad an delegation to f the world youth Congress in Geneva in 1936 and a can a Dirir government Delegate to the 19th As Sembly of the league of nations in Geneva two years later. My for Essex East or. Martin was appointed parliamentary assistant to the minister of labor in 1943 Delegate to inter National labor organization conferences in both 1944 and Martin was appointed Secretary of state in april 1945. He was a Delegate to the United nations general Assem Blies in 1946 and acting " i chairman of Canadian delegation in 1952-53 and 1954 chairman. Of the an delegation lit 195ir and 1963. Or. Martin was a Delegate to three sessions of economic and social count cil in 1946-47. An Uris of Cess Ful candidate for the Ontario legislature in a 1928 by election or. Mar tin was elected to Parlia ment in 1935 and re elected in 1940, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958 1962, 1963 and 1965 appointed Secretary of state for external affairs in april or Martin headed the Cana Dian delegation to the nato ministerial meet Ings and Paris that year. Or. the Canadian delegation to the Canada-. Ministerial c o m m i 11 e e on Trade and economic x affairs in Washington in 1963. He led the second meeting of the Canada Japan ministerial com Mittee in Ottawa in 1963 and headed the. Canadian. Delegation to the ministerial meeting of the Recd in Paris in Hellyer will Cut Cabinet if elected Montreal trans port minister Hellyer says that if he is elected prime minister next month he will Cut the num Ber of Cabinet posts in his government. There Are already too Many he said during a press conference. He is pne of 15 declared candidates for leadership of the Liberal party. In addition to cutting the number of Cabinet posts he said he would also change the names of some portfolios so they will reflect More closely their responsibilities and the problems which face Canada or. Hellyer said that if he be comes prime minister he will ask Lester Pearson to become mediator in the Vietnam conflict. Canada he Felt was in position to serve As an instrument for initiating peace move ments ;