Edward Richard Schreyer (born December 21, 1935) is a Canadian politician, diplomat, and statesman who served as the 22nd

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from 1979 to 1984. He previously served as the 16th

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from 1969 to 1977. Schreyer was born and educated in

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, and was first elected to the province's legislative assembly in 1958. He later moved into federal politics, winning a seat in the

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, but returned to Manitoba in 1969 to become leader of the provincial New Democratic Party (NDP). The party then won that year's provincial election and Schreyer became the 16th

, aged 33. In 1978 he was appointed Governor General by

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on the recommendation of

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, to replace Jules Léger, and he occupied the post until succeeded by

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in 1984. As the Queen's representative, he was praised for raising the stature of

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s. Later, he served as Canada's High Commissioner to

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, the

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, and

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. He then attempted, without success, to get elected to the House of Commons; he was the first person to run for election in Canada after serving as Governor General.

Early life and youth

Schreyer was born in

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, to

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ethnic

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parents John Schreyer and Elizabeth Gottfried; his maternal grandparents were Austrians who emigrated from western

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. Schreyer attended Cromwell Elementary School and Beausejour Collegiate Secondary School, then United College and St. John's College at the

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. There, he received a

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in 1959, a

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in 1962, a

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in International Relations, and a second Master of Arts in

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in 1963. From 1962 to 1965, Schreyer served as a professor of International Relations at St. Paul's College. UofMStJohnsCollegeEntrance

While pursuing his post-graduate degrees, Schreyer married Lily Schultz, with whom he had two daughters, Lisa and Karmel, and two sons, Jason and Toban.

Political career

In the Manitoba election of 1958, Schreyer was elected to the legislative assembly as a member of the

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(CCF), in the rural constituency of Brokenhead; at twenty-two years of age, Schreyer was the youngest person ever elected to the assembly. He held the riding until resigning in 1965 to run successfully for the

in Ottawa. He returned to provincial politics in 1969, and was on June 8 elected leader of the

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(NDP), the successor to the Manitoba CCF. He differed in some ways from the previous leaders of Manitoba's NDP: he came from a rural background and was not committed to

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as an ideology; he won the support of many centrist voters who had not previously identified with the party. Also, he was the first leader of the Manitoba CCF/NDP who was not of

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and

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descent. Schreyer led his party to a watershed showing in the 1969 provincial election. The NDP picked up 17 seats, vaulting them from third place in the legislature to first place. Schreyer himself returned to the legislature from the newly created north

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seat of Rossmere. However, with 28 seats, the NDP was one seat short of a majority. Initially, the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives considered forming a coalition to lock the NDP out of power. Finally, Liberal

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threw his support to Schreyer (and later joined the NDP after a period as an independent), making Schreyer the first social democratic premier in Manitoba's history. Schreyer's premiership oversaw the amalgamation of the city of Winnipeg with its suburbs, introduced public automobile insurance, and significantly reduced medicare premiums. Re-elected in 1973, Schreyer maintained his position as premier, though the council was this time less innovative, the only policy of note being the mining tax legislation implemented in 1974. Schreyer also served as his own minister of finance between 1972 and 1975, and as the minister responsible for

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from 1971 to 1977. It was from those positions that Schreyer advised the Lieutenant Governor to authorise construction of

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works instead of coal and gas burning electricity generators, and also put forward legislation that simultaneously eliminated provincial health care premiums and implemented home care and pharmacare. Schreyer sometimes favoured policies different from those of the federal NDP; in 1970, he supported

's invocation of the

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in response to the

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, despite the opposition of federal NDP leader

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. In the 1977 provincial election, Schreyer's New Democrats were defeated by the Progressive Conservative Party under

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. He remained leader of the NDP in opposition until 1979, when Trudeau offered him the office of Governor General. Commenting on the social impact that Schreyer’s premiership had on Manitoba, one study has noted how

Governor General of Canada

On December 28, 1978, Queen

, by commission under the

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and

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, appointed Pierre Trudeau's choice of Schreyer to succeed Jules Léger as the Queen's representative. He was sworn in during a ceremony in the Senate chamber on January 22, 1979, making him the first Governor General from Manitoba, and, at the age of 43, the third youngest ever appointed, after

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in 1878 (33 years old), and the Marquess of Lansdowne in 1883 (38 years old). As Governor General, Schreyer championed women's issues, the environment, and

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. During his first year in office, he established the Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the

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, to recognize the efforts of

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and others to ensure that Canadian women would be constitutionally recognized as persons. In 1981 he instituted the Governor General's Conservation Awards and in 1983 he created the Edward Schreyer Fellowship in Ukrainian Studies at the

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. Also in 1983, he presided over the first Governor General's Canadian Study Conference, which has since been held every four years. Schreyer invested

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as a companion of the

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, travelling to

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, to present Fox with the order's insignia. In 1980, he caused controversy when he hesitated to call an election after Prime Minister

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advised him to do so. Schreyer also later suggested that he might have dissolved parliament at any point through 1981 and 1982, had the Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau tried to impose his constitutional proposals unilaterally. Schreyer's wish to connect with people in an open, friendly way conflicted with the "stiff, earnest public manner" expected of the Governor General, and he was thus a target of the media. When Jeanne Sauvé succeeded him, ''

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'' writer

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compared Sauvé to Schreyer's performance, stating that "she is expected to restore grace and refinement to Government House after five years of Edward Schreyer's earnest Prairie populism and lacklustre reign."

Post viceregal career

Upon retirement from the post of Governor General in 1984, Schreyer announced that he would donate his pension to the environmental

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Foundation; unlike other former viceroys, he intended to remain in political and diplomatic life. On the same day he ceased to be Governor General, he was appointed by his successor to the office of High Commissioner to Australia,

, the

, and

for Her Majesty's Government in Canada. He held those positions until 1988, when he returned to Winnipeg. On returning to Canada, Schreyer was employed as a national representative of

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, an honorary director of the Sierra Legal Defence Fund, and an honorary advisor to the Canadian Foundation for the Preservation of

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Cultural and Historical Treasures. He was also a founding member of the Winnipeg Library Foundation. Starting in 1989, he acted as a guest professor at universities around

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and

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, lecturing on matters relating to resource geography, energy economics, and environmental impact. On November 1, 2002, Schreyer was appointed the

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and was re-elected to the position in early 2005 for a term that ended on October 31, 2008.

Political return

Schreyer, then 70 years old, ran in the 2006 federal election as the NDP candidate in the riding of Selkirk—Interlake. It was the first time a former Governor General sought election to the Canadian House of Commons; previously, former

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had been called to the Senate to sit as party members, and some former Governors General who hailed from the United Kingdom returned there to sit with party affiliations in the

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, sometimes even serving in cabinet. Schreyer lost to Conservative incumbent

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, receiving 37% of the vote to Bezan's 49%. Earlier comments Schreyer had made describing homosexuality as an "affliction" were raised by his opponents in the campaign, as the NDP supported

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. While campaigning in 2005, Schreyer said he supported same-sex marriage as the existing legislation did not force religious institutions to marry same-sex couples. Schreyer also waded into the federal parliamentary dispute of 2008-09, in which the opposition parties threatened to revoke their confidence in the sitting prime minister,

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. Schreyer said: "Any group that presumes to govern must be willing to face and seek the confidence of Parliament, and it mustn't be evaded and it mustn't be long avoided. I can't put it any more succinctly than that... I must come back to your use of the words, 'to duck a confidence vote'... that must simply not be allowed to happen." His son, Jason Schreyer, was a Winnipeg city councillor from 2014 until his death in 2025 at the age of 57.

Titles, styles, honours, and arms

Titles

* July 15, 1969 – November 24, 1977: ''The Honourable'' Edward Schreyer * January 22, 1979 – February 18, 1988: ''His Excellency the Right Honourable'' Edward Schreyer * February 18, 1988 – : ''The Right Honourable'' Edward Schreyer

Honours

Ribbon bars of Edward Schreyer

CAN Order of Military Merit Commander ribbon

UK Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon

CAN 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal ribbon

UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon

;Appointments * January 22, 1979 – May 14, 1984: Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada (CC) ** May 14, 1984 – May 8, 2013: Companion of the Order of Canada (CC) ** May 8, 2013 –: Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada (CC) * January 22, 1979 – May 14, 1984: Chancellor and Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM) ** May 14, 1984 – May 8, 2013: Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM) ** May 8, 2013 –: Extraordinary Commander of the Order of Military Merit (CMM) * January 22, 1979 – May 14, 1984: Knight of Justice, Prior, and Chief Officer in Canada of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (KStJ) ** May 14, 1984 – : Knight of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (KStJ) * January 22, 1979 – May 14, 1984: Chief Scout of Canada * 1979 – : Honorary Member of the Royal Military College of Canada Club * June 3, 1984 – : Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada (PC) * July 13, 2000 – : Member of the Order of Manitoba (OM) ;Medals * January 22, 1979:

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(CD) * 1967:

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* 1977:

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* 1992: Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada * 2002:

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* 2012:

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;Awards * 1975: Governor General Vanier Award as an Outstanding Young Canadian of the Year

Honorary military appointments

* January 22, 1979 – May 14, 1984: Colonel of

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* January 22, 1979 – May 14, 1984: Colonel of the

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* January 22, 1979 – May 14, 1984: Colonel of

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Honorific eponyms

* : Edward Schreyer International Student Bursary,

, Brandon * : Edward Schreyer Fellowship,

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Arms

Notes

References

External links

Web site of the Governor General of Canada entry for Edward Schreyer
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