Background
Porteous, Timothy was born on August 31, 1933 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of John Geoffrey and Cora Ann (Kennedy) Porteous.
Porteous, Timothy was born on August 31, 1933 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of John Geoffrey and Cora Ann (Kennedy) Porteous.
Bachelor of Arts, McGill University, Montréal, 1954; Bachelor of Civil Law, McGill University, Montréal, 1957; postgraduate, Université de Montréal, 1957-1958; postgraduate, Université de Paris Institute de Droit Comparé, 1958-1959; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Trent (Ontario) U., 1986.
A native of Montreal, Porteous first met Pierre Trudeau in 1957 when the two were students traveling in West Africa for a World University Service of Canada seminar, for which Porteous represented McGill University, where he had previously been responsible for the outstanding 1957 student production of My Fur Lady, which he co-wrote. He and Trudeau remained friends and became even closer when Porteous took a two-year leave of absence from his law practice in 1966 and went to Ottawa to work as an executive assistant to Treasury Board president C. M. Drury, before volunteering as a speechwriter on Trudeau"s 1968 leadership campaign. Since his time in government, Porteous has gone on to head both the and the Ontario College of Art and Design.
Porteous was perhaps best known for his 12-year tenure as associate director and director of the.
Member advisory council Cooperative Programme in Arts Administration, University Toronto. Member dairy products committee Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. Member advisory board Laidlaw Foundation.
Member Society Authors, Composers and Music Publications Canada, Canada Conference of the Arts, Toronto Arts Council (board directors), Council Ghanaian-Canadians (chair, honorary board governors).
Married Wendy Elizabeth Farris, June 28, 1968 (divorced December 1986). 1 child, Vanessa Bell. Married Beatrice Donald, February 7, 1987.
1 child, Nicholas William.