William Winegard

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] | birth_name = William Charles Winegard | honorific_suffix = [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] [[Order of Canada|OC]] | image = | image_size = | constituency_MP = [[Guelph (federal electoral district)|Guelph—Wellington]] | parliament = Canadian | predecessor = ''Riding Established'' | successor = [[Brenda Chamberlain (politician)|Brenda Chamberlain]] | term_start = November 21, 1988 | term_end = October 25, 1993 | constituency_MP2 = [[Guelph (federal electoral district)|Guelph]] | parliament2 = Canadian | predecessor2 = [[James Schroder]] | successor2 = District abolished in 1987 | term_start2 = September 4, 1984 | term_end2 = November 21, 1988 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|09|17}} | birth_place = [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], [[Ontario]], Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|1|31|1924|09|17}} | death_place = | spouse = | party = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = Minister for Science (1990-1993)<br />Minister of State (Science and Technology) (1989-1990) | committees = Chair, Standing Committee on External Affairs and International Trade (1984-1986)<br />Chair, Standing Committee on External Affairs and National Defence (1984-1986) | portfolio = Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for International Trade (1988-1989) | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''William Charles Winegard''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|OC}} (September 17, 1924 – January 31, 2019) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] educator, engineer, scientist and [[House of Commons of Canada|member of Parliament]].

==Life and career== Born in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], he served during [[World War II]] in the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] from 1942 to 1945, becoming the youngest officer in the history of the Canadian Navy. His father William Winegard was a veteran of both world wars, the first mayor of Caledonia, Ontario and the founder of Winegard Motors (Caledonia). In 1952, William received his doctorate in metallurgical engineering from the [[University of Toronto]] and he taught there until 1967. From 1967 to 1975, he was President and Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Guelph]]. In 1980, he was made a Fellow of the [[ASM International (society)|American Society for Metals]] (ASM).

He was elected as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative Party]] candidate in the riding of [[Guelph (federal electoral district)|Guelph]] in the [[1984 Canadian federal election|1984 federal election]]. He was re-elected in the [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988 election]] in the riding of [[Guelph (electoral district)#1988-2003|Guelph—Wellington]]. He was the [[Parliamentary secretary|Parliamentary Secretary]] to the Minister for International Trade from 1988 to 1989, the Minister of State (Science and Technology) from 1989 to 1990, and the Minister for Science from 1990 to 1993.

In 1998, he was made an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]].

He married Elizabeth Latham Jaques (b. Morpeth/Moraviantown, Ontario, raised Six Nations Reserve, Ontario) and they had three children, Bill, Charles and Kathryn. He resided in Guelph, Ontario and was active in many charitable organizations.

He and several other community activists, formed a group they call the Old Man's Club, and they want the site of the former [[Guelph Correctional Centre]] to remain green and are opposed to development on that land. He was also against the Ontario [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal Government]]'s decision to close the [[Guelph Pacemaker Clinic]], forcing about 2,000 Guelphites, mainly seniors, to go to [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]] for treatment.

On November 11, 2014, he spoke at the Remembrance Day service in [[Guelph]], in which he criticized the [[Premiership of Stephen Harper|Harper Government]] for its handling of Canadian Veterans.

In the Spring of 2014, the Upper Grand District School Board had named a new public school in the east end of Guelph after him. William C. Winegard Public School opened in September for the 2015 school year and has since have had Winegard make numerous honourable appearances for various events.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/4456370-new-guelph-public-school-to-be-named-after-bill-winegard/|title=New Guelph public school to be named after Bill Winegard|website=www.guelphmercury.com|access-date=2016-06-29}}</ref>

He died on January 31, 2019, at the age of 94.<ref>[https://globalnews.ca/news/4914412/william-winegard-dies/ William C. Winegard passes at the age of 94]</ref>

== Electoral record == {{1988 Canadian federal election/Guelph—Wellington}} {{1984 Canadian federal election/Guelph}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=12368}} * {{OCC|3899}}

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