George Harris Harris Hees

Background

Hees, George Harris was born on June 17, 1910 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Harris Lincoln and Mabel Mills (Good) Hees.

Education

Student, Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ontario student, Royal Military College, 1927-1931; student, University Toronto, 1931-1933; student, Cambridge U., 1933-1934; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Waterloo U., 1961; D. Military Science (honorary), Royal Military College, 1986.

Career

Member, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1950; appointed minister of transport, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1957; minister of trade and commerce, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1960; member from Northumberland, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1965-1988; minister veterans affairs, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1984-1988. Appointed minister responsible for Special Research Student, 1987-1988. President Montreal and Canada Stock Exchanges, 1964.

Chairman Canada section Canada-United States Permanent Joint Board on Defense, 1979-1983.

Achievements

• George Harris Hees has been listed as a noteworthy Canadian government official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Progressive Conservative Association Canada, 1954. Served as major 5th Infantry Brigade, World World War II, 1939-1945. Member Toronto Golf Club, Badminton and Racquet Club, Zeta Psi.

Interests

• Golf, badminton.

Connections

Married Mabel Ferguson Dunlop, June 30, 1934. Children— Catherine Mabel, Martha Ann, Roslyn Georgia.

Father:

Harris Lincoln Hees

Mother:

Mabel Mills (Good) Hees

Spouse:

Mabel Ferguson Dunlop