Education
He received his Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University.
He received his Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University.
He is best known for developing the Staple thesis that explains Canadian economic history in terms of a series of exports of staple products – fish, fur, timber, and wheat. Born in Madoc, Ontario, he received his Bachelor and Master of Arts from Queen"s in 1916. From 1922 to 1939 he was a professor of economics at Queen"son
During the Second World War, he was an assistant to the Deputy Minister of Finance in Ottawa and later in the Department of Reconstruction and Supply.
After the war he was the Dean of Arts and Science at Queen"s until becoming Principal in 1951, the first Principal who was a Queen"s graduate. Mackintosh-Corry Hall at Queen"s is co-named in his honour.
West.A. Mackintosh: The Life of a Canadian Economist by Hugh Grant, 2015, McGill-Queen"s University Press.
He was a Director of the Bank of Canada and a member of its Executive Committee.
