{{Short description|Canadian politician (1940–2024)}} {{for|the computer scientist|John A. McDermid}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = John McDermid | birth_name = David Michael Date | image = | predecessor = | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | honorific_suffix = PC | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1940|03|17}} | birth_place = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2024|12|06|1940|03|17}} | death_place = | profession = Marketing manager | party = Progressive Conservative | office1 = Member of Parliament for Brampton–Georgetown | term_start1 = 1979 | term_end1 = 1988 | predecessor1 = Riding established | successor1 = Riding dissolved | office2 = Member of Parliament for Brampton | term_start2 = 1988 | term_end2 = 1993 | predecessor2 = Riding established | successor2 = Colleen Beaumier | office3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | footnotes = | spouse = }}
'''John Horton McDermid''', PC, FRI (17 March 1940 – 6 December 2024) was a Canadian politician.
==Life and career== Born as David Michael Date to a teenage mother, he was adopted by Reverend John McDermid and his wife, Nora.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Paikin |first1=Steve |title=This former cabinet minister has seen his life transformed |url=https://www.tvo.org/article/this-former-cabinet-minister-has-seen-his-life-transformed |access-date=7 December 2024 |work=TVO Today |publisher=TVOntario |date=7 February 2024 |location=Toronto ON}}</ref>
McDermid worked in marketing, public relations and broadcasting before he entered politics. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1979 federal election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Brampton—Georgetown outside of Toronto, Ontario.
He was re-elected in the 1980, 1984 and 1988 elections.<ref>[from http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include=Y&Language=E&rid=60&Search=Det BRAMPTON--GEORGETOWN, Ontario (1976–1987)] (n.d.). History of Federal Ridings since 1867. Retrieved December 1, 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&rid=875&Include= BRAMPTON, Ontario (1987–1996)] (n.d.). History of Federal Ridings since 1867. Retrieved December 1, 2013</ref> He became a parliamentary secretary when the Tories took power in 1984. From 1988 to 1993, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as series of junior minister positions: Minister of State for Housing (1988–1989), International Trade<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ocYUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0uEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5195,5260660&dq=john-mcdermid&hl=en|title=Trade official to give address|date=23 March 1988|work=The Register-Guard|page=2B|access-date=27 September 2010}}</ref> (1988-1989), Privatization and Regulatory Affairs (1989–1991), and Finance and Privatization (1991–1993).
He left Cabinet with the departure of Mulroney as Prime Minister of Canada in June 1993, and did not run in the 1993 federal election.<ref>{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=8672|nolist=yes}}</ref>
McDermid received the Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee Medal (2002) in his role as Lieutenant Colonel,<ref>{{cite web |title=Lieutenant Colonel the Honourable John H. McDermid |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/125-43383 |website=The Governor General of Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=14 December 2024}}</ref> the Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012),<ref>{{cite web |title=The Honourable John H. McDermid |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/126-803 |website=The Governor General of Canada |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=14 December 2024}}</ref> and the King Charles III Coronation Medal (2024).<ref>{{cite web |title=Debates of Dec. 9th, 2024 |url=https://openparliament.ca/debates/2024/12/9/kyle-seeback-1/ |website=openparliament.ca |access-date=14 December 2024}}</ref>
McDermid died through euthanasia on 6 December 2024, at the age of 84.<ref name="Paikin-last-interview">{{cite news |last1=Paikin |first1=Steve |title=My final conversation with one of the really good guys of politics |url=https://www.tvo.org/article/my-final-conversation-with-one-of-the-really-good-guys-of-politics-0 |access-date=7 December 2024 |work=TVO Today |publisher=TVOntario |date=6 December 2024 |location=Toronto ON}}</ref>
==Electoral record==
{{1988 Canadian federal election/Brampton}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1984}} {{CANelec|CA|PC|'''John McDermid'''| 47,743 }} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|William Ross Milne| 23,325 }} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|John Deamer| 13,356 }} {{CANelec|CA|Green|Steven Kaasgaard| 458 }} {{CANelec|CA|Communist|James Bridgewood|153}} |}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1980}} {{CANelec|CA|PC|'''John McDermid'''| 25,243 }} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|William Ross Milne| 24,876 }} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|David Moulton| 11,978 }} {{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|Joe Yundt| 201 }} {{CANelec|CA|Communist|James Bridgewood|64}} {{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Marsha Fine| 40 }} |}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1979}} {{CANelec|CA|PC|'''John McDermid'''| 31,042 }} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|William Ross Milne| 22,270 }} {{CANelec|CA|NDP|David Moulton| 11,584 }} {{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|Joe Yundt| 243 }} {{CANelec|CA|Communist|James Bridgewood|77}} {{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Marsha Fine| 45 }} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.archeion.ca/john-mcdermid-fonds John McDermid fonds] at the Region of Peel Archives, Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives
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