Edward Arunah Dunlop, Canadian public company executive, association executive. Decorated George medal Order British Empire. Honorary member Canada Rheumatism Association, Canada Society for Clinical Investigation, American Rheumatism Association.
Background
He was born in Pembroke, Ontario, the son of Edward Arunah Dunlop, and educated at Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto. His father served as an Master in Public Policy for nearly 20 years and was provincial treasurer in the 1930s.
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, U. Toronto, 1945. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Queen's University, 1975. Director casualty rehabilitation division Department Veterans Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario, 1945-1949.
Managing director Arthritis Society, Toronto, 1949-1981.
President Toronto (Ontario) Sun Public Corporation, 1971-1981, also director Director Edmonton Sun Public Corporation, United Press Canada.
Career
He briefly served as a cabinet minister in the government of Bill Davis. They had two children, Edward (Ted) and Charlotte. Dunlop served with The Queen"s Own Rifles of Canada from 1937 to 1944, reaching the rank of major.
He was blinded in 1943 after attempting to dispose of a grenade dropped by another soldier during a training exercise.
Dunlop became an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1946. He went on to serve as director of the Casualty Rehabilitation Division of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
He was the first president for the Toronto Sun. Dunlop was also national director for the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society (CARS) and served on the national council for the CNIB. He died from cancer in 1981, at the age of 61.
In the 1963 provincial election, Dunlop ran as the Progressive Conservative candidate in the Toronto of Forest Hill Kent West.
He defeated NDP candidate Stan Midacik by 2,273 votes. In 1967, his riding was renamed as York-Forest Hill even though the boundaries remained the same. He defeated NDP candidate Leon Kumove by 3,649 votes.
He served as a backbench supporter of the government of John Robarts.
During his tenure, he served as chair of the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections and as chair of the Select Committee on redrafting the provinces election laws. He was against the "wishy-washy" practice of abstaining from controversial votes.
In 1971, when Bill Davis became Premier, he was appointed to cabinet as a Minister without portfolio. Dunlop announced his retirement from politics in May 1970, well before his appointment to cabinet.
He said that two terms was "a sufficient part of a man"s career." He wanted to devoted more time to his job as director of CARS and spend more time with his family.
Achievements
Politics
He was one of the few Conservative MPPs to vote against the party on what he called a matter of principle.
Membership
Member Provincial Parliament for York-Forest Hill constituency, 1963-1971, chairman select commission on election law, 1968-1971, minister without portfolio, 1971. Served lieutenant colonel Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, 1937-1944.
Connections
Married Dorothy Joyce Tupper, August 12, 1944. Children: Edward A., Charlotte Mary Ferguson.
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.