David Berger (born March 30, 1950) is a Canadian lawyer, politician, diplomat, and sports executive.
David Berger | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Laurier | |
| In office 1979–1988 | |
| Preceded by | Fernand-E. Leblanc |
| Succeeded by | District was abolished in 1987 |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Henri—Westmount | |
| In office 1988–1994 | |
| Preceded by | Don Johnston |
| Succeeded by | Lucienne Robillard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 30, 1950 Ottawa, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Relations | Sam Berger (father) |
He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the eldest son of Sam Berger.[1] He attended Ashbury College before receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1971 from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Civil Law in 1975 from McGill University. From 1975 to 1979, he was an Executive Vice-president for the Montreal Alouettes Football Club. From 1978 to 1979, he was President of the Canadian Football League.[2] He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Laurier in the 1979 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected four more times in 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1993 (in the riding of Saint-Henri—Westmount). In 1982, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State (Small Businesses and Tourism). From 1982 to 1984, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs.[3] He resigned in 1994 after being appointed the Canadian ambassador to Israel and was at the same time High Commissioner of Canada to Cyprus.[4][5] Berger served until 1999 and was replaced by Michael Dougall Bell. He backed Stéphane Dion at the 2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention.[6]
Electoral record (partial) edit
| 1993 Canadian federal election: Saint-Henri—Westmount | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | David Berger | 25,940 | 61.72 | $46,505 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Eugenia Romain | 7,950 | 18.92 | $10,686 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alain Perez | 4,507 | 10.72 | $43,910 | ||||
| New Democratic Party | Ann Elbourne | 1,662 | 3.95 | $2,453 | ||||
| National | Louise Pilon | 581 | 1.38 | $1,697 | ||||
| Natural Law | Allan Faguy | 558 | 1.33 | $20,006 | ||||
| Non-Affiliated | Mark E.A. Roper | 259 | 0.62 | $1,672 | ||||
| Commonwealth | Normand Bélanger | 131 | 0.31 | $0 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Robert Adams | 125 | 0.30 | $38 | ||||
| Independent | Rudolph Scalzo | 122 | 0.29 | $1,282 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Arnold August | 114 | 0.27 | $80 | ||||
| Abolitionist | Robert Carlisle | 80 | 0.19 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 42,029 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 867 | |||||||
| Turnout | 42,896 | 74.61 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 57,491 | |||||||
| Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| 1984 Canadian federal election: Laurier | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | David Berger | 9,302 | 34.58 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Roland Gagné | 7,720 | 28.70 | |||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Pierre Juneau | 4,595 | 17.08 | |||||
| Rhinoceros | François Yo Gourd | 3,247 | 12.07 | |||||
| Parti nationaliste | Jean Saint-Amour | 906 | 3.37 | |||||
| Green | Robert Silverman | 751 | 2.79 | |||||
| Social Credit | Gilles Côté | 194 | 0.72 | |||||
| Communist | Brian O'Keefe | 130 | 0.48 | |||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Jean Langevin | 53 | 0.20 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 26,898 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 460 | |||||||
| Turnout | 27,358 | 67.89 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 40,299 | |||||||
| Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-third General Election, 1984. | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ Bacon, Dick (1 December 1976). "Sam Berger will retire soon, turn Alouettes over to his sons". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
- ^ Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry[permanent dead link]
- ^ David Berger – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ David Berger: Heads of Post List
- ^ "Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Complete List of Posts". Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ Dion has walked a fine line on Mideast