Anthony Alexander Dean, (born August 19, 1953) is a Canadian senator and former

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. He was secretary of the Cabinet, head of the Ontario Public Service and the clerk of the Executive Council from 2002 to 2008. Dean received a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and social anthropology from

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and a Master of Arts degree in sociology from

McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood, Ontario, Ainslie Wood and Westdale, Ontario, Westd ...

. He worked for ten years in the public sector in

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before joining the Ontario Public Service in 1989. He was Deputy Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister and Associate Secretary of Cabinet, Policy. In 2002, he was appointed by Ontario Premier

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Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council. Dean retired in 2008 and became a professor at the

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. He held this role until he was appointed to the Senate of Canada, at which point he became a Distinguished Fellow. In 2010, he was a senior research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. He advises governments, domestically and internationally, on public administration, public policy and implementation. Ontario Premier

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described him as "the ultimate public servant, exhibiting on a daily basis the drive to get things done, and the diplomacy required to have them done well". In 2009, he was made a member of the

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in recognition for having "transformed the Ontario Public Service". On October 31, 2016, Dean's appointment to the Senate of Canada was announced. He sits as an independent."Trudeau taps former banker, cop and judge for Senate"
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'', October 30, 2016.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dean, Tony 1953 births Living people Academic staff of the University of Toronto Munk School Alumni of the University of Hull McMaster University alumni Members of the Order of Ontario Ontario civil servants Canadian senators from Ontario Independent Canadian senators Independent Senators Group 21st-century members of the Senate of Canada