Douglas Grinslade Lewis

Background

Lewis, Douglas Grinslade was born on April 17, 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Horace Grinslade and Brenda Hazeldine Reynolds.

Education

Graduate Chartered Accountant, 1962; Juris Doctor, Osgoode Hall Law School, 1967.

Career

In the short-lived government of Prime Minister Joe Clark, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply and Services. Re-elected in the 1980 federal election that returned the Liberals to power, Lewis moved to the opposition benches, serving first as Deputy House Leader from 1981 to February 1983, and then as Official Opposition House Leader until September 1983. With the victory of the Progressive Conservatives under Brian Mulroney in the 1984 general election, Lewis again became a parliamentary secretary.

In 1987, he entered the Cabinet as both Minister of State to the Government House Leader and Minister of State (Treasury Board).

At the end of 1988, he became Acting President of the Treasury Board, and, a month later in January 1989, he was named Minister of Justice. He also served as Government House Leader from April 1989 to February 1990.

In April 1990, Lewis was moved from Justice to the position of Minister of Transport. In 1991, he was moved again, this time to the position of Solicitor General of Canada.

When Kim Campbell succeeded Mulroney as Progressive Conservative leader and prime minister in June 1993, she kept Lewis in Cabinet as Solicitor General, and also named him Government House Leader.

Both Lewis and the Campbell government were defeated in the 1993 general election. Lewis remained a supporter of the Progressive Conservatives through the 1990s. In July 2000, however, he insisted to reporters that he was a loyal supporter of Joe Clark"s renewed leadership of the Progressive Conservative party.

Lewis is currently practicing law with Lewis Downey Tornosky Lassaline & Timpano Professional Corporation.

He was elected as a Regional Bencher with the Law Society of Upper Canada in 2007.

Achievements

• Douglas Grinslade Lewis has been listed as a noteworthy Canadian minister, parliament member by Marquis Who's Who.

Politics

Following his political defeat, he returned to his law practice. However, in 2000, he supported Tom Long"s candidacy to lead the new Canadian Alliance, which was an attempt to merge the Personal Computer Party with the Reform Party of Canada.

Membership

Past president Toronto Junior Board Trade, Ontario Junior Chamber of Commerce, Canada Junior Chamber of Commerce. Active various political campaigns, 1971-1979. Fellow Institute Chartered Accts.

Connections

Married Linda Diane Haggans, July 14, 1962. Children: Justin, Matthew, Penny, Gillian, Susan.

Father:

Horace Grinslade

Mother:

Brenda Hazeldine Reynolds

Spouse:

Linda Diane Haggans

child:

Susan Lewis

child:

Justin Lewis

child:

Gillian Lewis

child:

Penny Lewis

child:

Matthew Lewis