Background
STANBURY, Robert Douglas George was born on October 26, 1929 in Exeter! Ontario. Son of James George Stuart Stanbury and Elizabeth Jean (Hardy).
STANBURY, Robert Douglas George was born on October 26, 1929 in Exeter! Ontario. Son of James George Stuart Stanbury and Elizabeth Jean (Hardy).
Exeter and St. Catharines public schools, St. Catharines College Institute, University of Western Ontario and Osgoode Hall Law School.
President Canadian University Liberal Federation 1954. Partner Hollingworth & Stanbury. Barristers and Solicitors, Toronto 1955-1965.
Chairman 1962, Chairman 1963-1964. Chairman House of Commons Standing Committee on Broadcasting, Films and Assistance to the Arts 1966-1968. Pari. Secretary to Secretary of State of Canada 1968-1969.
Minister without Portfolio responsible for Citizenship 1969-1971, for Information Canada 1970-1971. Minister of Communications 1971-1972. Minister of National Revenue 1972-1974.
Delegate to United Nations General Assembly 1974, 1975, 1976, to UNESCO Conference, Paris 1969, United Nations Conference on Crime, Kyoto 1970, United Nations Conference on Apartheid, Lagos 1977, Inter-American Development Bank meeting, Kingston 1977. Chairman Canadian Group Inter-Parliamentary Union 1974-1977. Founding Chairman Canadian Pari.
Helsinki Group 1977; President Hamilton Foundation 1982-1983. Vice-President General Counsel and Director, Firestone Canada Inc. 1977-1983, Chair, and Chief Executive Officer 1983-1985.
Director Art Gallery of Hamilton (Vice-President 1982-1986, President 1986-1987). Director Hamilton and District Chamber of Commerce 1980-1985 (President 1983-1984), Dayton Tire Canada Ltd. 1977-1985, Canadian Chamber of Commerce 1982-1986, Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals since 1983 (Vice-Chairman 1987-1989), Workers’ Compensation Board of Ontario 1985-1988.
President Institute of Corporate Directors in Canada 1987-1988. Chairman McMaster University Business Advisory Council 1987-1988. President, and Chief Executive Officer Canadian Council for Native Business 1989-1991.
Counsel Inch Easterbrook & Shaker since 1986.
North York Board of Education 1961-1964. Metropolitan School Board, Toronto 1963-1964 and Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board 1963. Queen's Privy Council for Canada since 1969.
Institute Bar Association, Canadian Bar Association, Institute Commission, of Jurists, UNA in Canada.
Married Miriam Voelker in 1952.