Erik H. NIELSEN

Background

NIELSEN, Erik was born in 1924 in Regina.

Education

Dalhousie University, Halifax.

Career

Chairman Transportation Agency since 1987. Minister of Public Works 1979-1980, Deputy Prime Minister 1984-1986, President Queen's Privy Council for Canada 1984-1985, Minister of National Defence 1985-1986. Deputy House Leader, House of Commons, House Leader.

Interim leader, Progressive Conservative Party February-June 1983, now Deputy Leader. President Dawson City Museum and Historical Society.

Works

• Other Work

  • The House is not a Home: An Autobiography 1989.

Membership

House of Commons for Yukon 1957-1986. Canadian Bar Association, Yukon Law Society. Yukon Chamber of Commerce, House of Commons Protective Staff, Institute Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers.

Interests

• Fishing, flying, hunting.

Connections

Married 1st Pamela Hall (died in 1969), three c. Married 2nd Shelley Coxford in 1983.

Spouse:

Pamela Hall

Spouse:

Shelley Coxford