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George Hees fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Niveau hiérarchique :

Fonds

Date :

1930-1991.

Référence :

R8303-0-X-E

Genre de documents :

Documents textuels, Documents photographiques

Trouvé dans :

Archives / Collections et fonds

No d'identification :

187504

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George Hees fonds
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Date(s) :

1930-1991.

Lieu de création :

Ontario

Étendue :

0.3 cm of textual records (8 p).
69 photographs b&w and col.

Langue du document :

anglais

Langue du document additionnelle :

anglais, latin, français

Portée et contenu :

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Fonds consists of 7 textual records as follows:

- Diploma of Graduation from the Royal Military College of Canada at Kingston, Ont. conferred on G. H. Hees. Dated 21 Aug. 1931. Signed by the Staff Adjutant and the Commandant of R. M. College. 1 p. Mounted on cardboard. (Box 1).

- Honorary Degree (in Latin) conferred on George Harris Hees by Waterloo University College (H. M. Axford, President). Degree dated 1961. With biographical sketch on Hees signed by H. M. Axford. 2 p. In blue cardboard folder. (Box 1).

- Letters Patent appointing George Hees Minister of Transport. Great Seal of Canada is affixed. Dated 21 June 1957 and recorded 11 Sept. 1957. Signed by the Governor General of Canada, the Secretary of State of Canada, the Attorney General of Canada and a representative of the Deputy Registrar General of Canada. 1 p. (Box 6).

- Letters Patent appointing George Hees Minister of Trade and Commerce. Great Seal of Canada is affixed. Dated 11 Oct. 1960 and recorded 2 Nov. 1960. Signed by the Attorney General of Canada, the Secretary of State of Canada and the Deputy Registrar General of Canada. 1 p. (Box 2).

- Letters Patent appointing George Hees Chairman of the Canadian Section of the Permanent Joint Board on Defence, Canada - United States. Great Seal of Canada is affixed. Dated and recorded 21 Nov. 1979. Signed by the Governor General of Canada, the Deputy Attorney General of Canada and two Deputy Registrar Generals of Canada. 1p. (Box 2).

- Letters Patent appointing George Harris Hees Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada. Great Seal of Canada is affixed. Dated 21 Nov. 1988. Signed by the Governor General of Canada, the Registrar General of Canada and the Attorney General of Canada. 1 p. (Box 2].

- Alphabetical List of Members of Parliament with their room numbers and telephone numbers. Dated 15 Sept. 1983. 1 p. (Box 2).

The fonds consists also of portraits of George H. Hees; one photo album showing activities of Permanent Joint Board on Defense USAF Air Defence Weapons Center, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, 1982; one photo album of Permanent Joint Board Conference, US Army Armor Center and School, Fort Knox, Kentuky, USA, 1983; photos of the 160th meeting of Permanent Joint Board on Defense Canada-USA, 1981; photos of XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA; one group photo of soccer players, 1924 and one group photo of C.A.M.S., Kingston, Ont., ca. 1940s.

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Hees, George Harris, 1910-1996

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Hees, George Harris, 1910-

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Hees, George Harris, 1910-1996 : George Harris Hees was born in Toronto, Ont. on 17 June 1910, the son of Harris Lincoln Hees and Mabel Good. He attended Trinity College in Port Hope, Ont., the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ont., the University of Toronto and Cambridge University. A Toronto businessman, Hees was also a linebacker for the Toronto Argonauts. He married Mabel Dunlop on 30 June 1934. During the Second World War, Hees served overseas as Brigade Major in the 5th Infantry Brigade. In 1945, he ran unsuccessfully in the federal general election for Spadina (Toronto). He was elected to Parliament as a Progressive Conservative MP for Broadview (Toronto) in 1950, and was re-elected in 1953, 1957, 1958 and 1963. Hees was elected national party president in 1953. He was appointed Minister of Transport in 1957, a position he held until 1960 when he became Minister of Trade and Commerce. Hees resigned in 1963 after he was linked to the Gerda Munsinger affair. After having had a falling out with Diefenbaker, Hees did not stand for election in 1963. During his time away from Parliament, Hees was President of the Montreal World Fair in 1964 and President of the Montreal and Canadian Stock Exchanges from 1964 until his re-election in 1965 as MP for Northumberland (Ont.). Hees ran unsuccessfully for the Tory leadership in 1967. He was appointed Minister of Veterans Affairs by Brian Mulroney in 1984,and in 1987 he received an additional portfolio as Minister of State for Senior Citizens. Hees retired from politics prior to the 1988 general election and was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1989. He died in Toronto on 10 June 1996.

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Note générale :

Received in 1997 from the secretary of the Hon. George Hees, who had received it from the widow of the deceased chauffeur of Mr. Hees.

Note sur la langue :

One record is in Latin; some records are bilingual (English and French).
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Politicians Canada

Cabinet ministers Canada

Hommes politiques Canada

Ministres Canada

Canada 20th century

Canada 20e siècle
Source :

Privé

No de contrôle reliés :

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1997/0055 (1997-06-09)
1998-00671-9
Pour réserver ou commander des documents

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