Education
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from the University of Manitoba in 1959 and an Bachelor of Laws in 1963.
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Richard Kroft
Edit Profilepolitician Member of the Senate of Canada
Career
He was Assistant Secretary and Treasurer of McCabe Grain Company Limited. Next he became Special Assistant to the Minister of Finance, and Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State for External Affairs, Mitchell Sharp. After, in 1969, he became President of Tryton Investment Company
Limited.
He was summoned to the Senate by recommendation of Jean Chrétien in 1998 and resigned in 2004. He was Chair of the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration, and Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce.
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Political Party
Liberal Party of Canada
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Member of the Order of Canada Order 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.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.