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

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in the

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in 1958. He served as the

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's Member of Parliament for Toronto—Lakeshore from 1972 to 1974.

Academic career

Following his defeat in the 1974 federal election, he returned to

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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

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by the end of his term in 1995.

Personal life and death

His wife,

Ruth Grier Ruth Anna Grier (born 2 October 1936) is a former Canadian politician in Ontario. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1995 and served as a high-profile cabinet minister in the government of ...

, was a politician in her own right serving on

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's city council and in the

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as a

MPP and

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minister. Grier died on March 13, 2023, at the age of 86.

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* 1936 births 2023 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Canadian political scientists New Democratic Party MPs Presidents of Toronto Metropolitan University Trinity College (Canada) alumni University of Toronto alumni Upper Canada College alumni Canadian university and college chief executives 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Ontario-MP-stub