Edward C. Lumley, (born October 27, 1939) is a

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corporate executive and former politician. Born in

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, he received a

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degree in 1961 from Assumption University (predecessor of the

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). Lumley established himself in business in

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in the other end of the province before entering politics. He served as Mayor of Cornwall between 1972 and 1974, and was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the

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for Stormont—Dundas in the 1974 federal election. In 1976, Lumley became parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion. From 1977 to 1978, he served as parliamentary secretary to the

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. Lumley survived the 1979 election that defeated the Liberal government. The Liberals returned to power in the 1980 federal election and

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Pierre Trudeau appointed Lumley to the cabinet as

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for Trade. After serving in a few other minor portfolios, he was promoted to

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and Minister of Regional Economic Expansion in 1982. Trudeau's successor,

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, made Lumley his Minister of Communications and Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion in 1984. Lumley was defeated in the 1984 federal election that fall. Following his electoral defeat, Lumley returned to the private sector and became an influential corporate figure. He has served as vice-chairman of

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since 1991, lead director of

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, and a board member of

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, Canadian National Railway and

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. In 2000, he was appointed to lead a commission examining salaries and compensation for Members of Parliament. A friend of the former prime minister,

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, he had been consulted by Martin's government on various issues. In 2006, he was appointed Chancellor of the University of Windsor. On July 1, 2014, he was appointed as a member of the

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