Terry Grier
Terence Wyly Monro Grier | |
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Member of Parliament for Toronto-Lakeshore | |
In office 1972–1974 | |
Preceded by | Ken Robinson |
Succeeded by | Ken Robinson |
6th President of the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute | |
In office 1988–1995[a] | |
Preceded by | Brian Segal |
Succeeded by | Claude Lajeunesse (as President and Vice-Chancellor of Ryerson Polytechnic University) |
Personal details | |
Born | (1936-08-12)August 12, 1936 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Died | March 13, 2023(2023-03-13) (aged 86) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Political party | New Democratic Party |
Spouse | Ruth Grier |
Residence(s) | Toronto, Ontario |
Profession | University administrator |
Terence Wyly Monro Grier (August 12, 1936 – March 13, 2023) was a Canadian politician, lecturer and university administrator.
Education and political career
Grier graduated from the University of Trinity College in the University of Toronto in 1958. He served as the New Democratic Party's Member of Parliament for Toronto—Lakeshore from 1972 to 1974.[citation needed]
Academic career
Following his defeat in the 1974 federal election he returned to Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto where he was an instructor in the politics department. After terms as Dean of Arts and Vice-President Academic, he was appointed Ryerson's president in 1988 and oversaw the institution's transformation into a university by the end of his term in 1995.[citation needed]
Personal life and death
His wife, Ruth Grier, was a politician in her own right serving on Etobicoke's city council and in the Ontario legislature as a New Democratic Party MPP and cabinet minister.[citation needed]
Grier died on March 13, 2023, at the age of 86.[1]
Electoral record
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Ken Robinson | 14,241 | 40.1 | +4.2 | ||||
New Democratic | Terry Grier | 12,584 | 35.4 | -4.0 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Jim Muir | 8,475 | 23.9 | -0.2 | ||||
Communist | Ginny Thomson | 145 | 0.4 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Paul Herman | 68 | 0.2 | |||||
Total valid votes | 35,513 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Terry Grier | 14,722 | 39.4 | +2.6 | ||||
Liberal | Ken Robinson | 13,393 | 35.9 | -7.2 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Dmytro Kupiak | 9,004 | 24.1 | +3.9 | ||||
Independent | Gordon Massie | 124 | 0.3 | |||||
Independent | George Bedard | 102 | 0.3 | |||||
Total valid votes | 37,345 | 100.0 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Ken Robinson | 14,464 | 43.0 | |||||
New Democratic | Terry Grier | 12,367 | 36.8 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Stuart Summerhayes | 6,794 | 20.2 | |||||
Total valid votes | 33,625 | 100.0 |
Notes
- ^ Ryerson Polytechnical Institute was granted university status in 1994, during Grier's term as President
References
- ^ "Terry Grier". Legacy.com. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
External links
- Terry Grier – Parliament of Canada biography
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Preceded by | President of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute/Ryerson Polytechnic University 1988–1995 | Succeeded by |
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