Roy MacLaren
 Roy MacLaren        (politician, diplomat, historian, author) | |
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| Born | 26 October 1934 Vancouver, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia, St Catharine's College (Cambridge), Trinity College (Toronto) |
| Member of | Ditchley/Governors, Ditchley/UK, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Trilateral Commission |
| Party | Liberal Party of Canada |
Five Bilderberg visits spanning 27 years, eventually Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Trilateral Commission. Ditchley Foundation.
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Roy MacLaren is a Canadian politician, diplomat, historian, and author. He attended five Bilderberg visits spanning 27 years, ending up as Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. He was on the Executive Committee of the Trilateral Commission, the Ditchley Foundation[1] and the NATO Association of Canada.[2]
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Education
He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. After attending school, MacLaren completed a degree in history, which he completed with both a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at the University of British Columbia and a Masters at St Catharine's College (Cambridge)
In 1973 he attended Harvard University's Advanced Management Program.
Career
MacLaren became a diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs] of Canada in 1957. During his work there, he worked in the diplomatic missions in South Vietnam, Czechoslovakia and at the United Nations in New York City and Geneva. He completed his further studies in theology at Trinity College of the University of Toronto with a Master of Divinity (M.Div.).
In 1969 he left the diplomatic service for a change to the private sector and became director of public relations at the agricultural machinery manufacturer Massey Ferguson and then in 1974 president of the Canadian branch of the advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather, before becoming president of the publishing house CB Media in 1977. In addition, he worked as an author and publisher and dealt mainly with the history of Canada in his numerous, partly autobiographical books.
He was first elected as a Liberal Party candidate to the House of Commons at the general election of 22 May 1979, representing the constituency of Etobicoke North until his defeat at the election of 4 September 1984. In March 1980, he took up his first government post and was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy, Mining and Resources until February 1982. At the same time, he was from April 1980 to November 1983 Co-Chairman of the Joint Special Committee of the Parliament of Canada for the Reform of the Canadian Senate, and then Minister of State for Finance from August 17, 1983 to June 29, 1984. From 1984-1993 he was as a Director of Deutsche Bank (Canada).
He was on the Executive Committee of the Trilateral Commission.
Prime Minister John Turner then appointed him to the cabinet as Minister of National Income on 30 June 1984, a position he held until the end of Turner's brief term on 16 September 1984. MacLaren was re-elected to the House of Commons at the general election held on 21 November 1988, this time representing the constituency of Etobicoke North again until his resignation on 24 January 1996. Subsequently, from February 1989 to March 1989, he was the Opposition spokesman for finance within the Liberal group, and later the opposition spokesman for international trade from September 1990 to September 1993. After the Liberal Party's victory in the lower House election of October 25, 1993, MacLaren was also appointed by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien oto Minister of International Trade until his resignation on January 24, 1996.
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
After leaving the government and the House of Commons, he first became an adviser to Prime Minister Chrétien on 24 January 1996, before being appointed High Commissioner to the United Kingdom on 23 June 1996. MacLaren held this top diplomatic post until year 2000.
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1972 | 21 April 1972 | 23 April 1972 | Belgium Hotel La Reserve Knokke | The 21st Bilderberg, 102 guests. It spawned the Trilateral Commission. |
| Bilderberg/1985 | 10 May 1985 | 12 May 1985 | New York US Arrowwood of Westchester Rye Brook | The 33rd Bilderberg, held in Canada |
| Bilderberg/1992 | 21 May 1992 | 24 May 1992 | France Royal Club Evian Evian-les-Bains | The 40th Bilderberg. It had 121 participants. |
| Bilderberg/1994 | 2 June 1994 | 5 June 1994 | Finland Helsinki | The 42nd Bilderberg, in Helsinki. |
| Bilderberg/1999 | 3 June 1999 | 6 June 1999 | Portugal Sintra | The 47th Bilderberg, 111 participants |
