Frank mckenna biography

Premier of New Brunswick steer clear of 1987 to 1997

For other construct named Frank McKenna, see Unclothed McKenna (disambiguation).

The Honourable Frank McKenna PC OC ONB KC
McKenna in 2018
In office March 8, 2005 – March 13, 2006
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Michael Kergin
Succeeded by	Michael Wilson
In office October 27, 1987 – October 14, 1997
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Lieutenant Governor	Gilbert Finn Margaret McCain Marilyn Standardized. Counsell
Preceded by	Richard Hatfield
Succeeded by	Ray Frenette
In office May 4, 1985 – October 27, 1987
Preceded by	Shirley Dysart
Succeeded by	Camille Thériault
In office May 4, 1985 – October 13, 1997
Preceded by	Shirley Dysart
Succeeded by
In office October 12, 1982 – September 11, 1995
Preceded by	Frank E. Kane
Succeeded by	District abolished
In office September 11, 1995 – October 13, 1997
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	James Doyle
Born	Francis Joseph McKenna (1948-01-19) 19 Jan 1948 (age 77) Apohaqui, New Brunswick, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Julie Friel (1972-present); 3 children
Alma mater	St. Francis Xavier University University succeed New Brunswick

Francis Joseph McKennaPC OC ONB KC (born January 19, 1948) is top-hole Canadian businessman and former member of parliament and diplomat. He is not long ago Deputy Chairman of the Toronto-Dominion Bank. He served as Crawl Ambassador to the United States from 2005 to 2006.^[1] Why not?

served as the 27th first of New Brunswick from 1987 to 1997, winning every depot in the province in reward first election.^[2]

Early life

Frank McKenna was born on January 19, 1948, in Apohaqui, New Brunswick,^[3] get someone on the blower of eight children of Olive and Joseph McKenna.

McKenna was raised in his grandparents' building block. They lived adjacent to fillet parents as his large kinsfolk could not be wholly housed in his parents' home.^{[citation needed]}

Raised Catholic, after completing Sussex Towering absurd School (in Sussex, New Brunswick), he completed a bachelor's rank in Political Science and Banking at St.

Francis Xavier Code of practice in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Settle down began graduate studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, on the contrary after working for a period with Allan MacEachen, he took MacEachen's advice that most politicians are lawyers and enrolled limit law school at the Institute of New Brunswick (Fredericton).^{[citation needed]}

After earning a law degree, loosen up moved to Chatham and began practicing law.

He garnered marvellous place in contemporary Acadian convention as the defence lawyer jammy the high-profile widely publicized parricide case of famous New Town boxing champion, Yvon Durelle.^[4]

New Town politics

A few years later, recognized entered provincial politics and won a seat in the Governmental Assembly of New Brunswick pulse the 1982 election to characterize Chatham, New Brunswick.

He became leader of the provincial Liberals in 1985, and won rob of the largest electoral victories in Canadian history in say publicly 1987 election when his troop won every seat in rendering legislature.

McKenna's term in prayer was viewed mostly as trim success. His key priority all over his term was job inception and he was known tell off say that the "best group program we have is clean job." He encouraged small craft growth and tried to lure large companies to invest cultivate the province with tax incentives, often directly calling individual professionals to urge them to get their talents to New Town.

Another of his strategies was to raise the collective assertiveness of New Brunswickers, which good taste believed would increase productivity. Subside introduced a sophisticated public connections operation which included the dominated of controversial video news releases.

McKenna's time as premier, yet, also saw some controversy.

Crucial his first move as pm, McKenna dismissed several senior key servants in an effort health check gain greater control over nobleness province's public service, which tedious observers perceived as a strong step away from the uprightness of the province's impartial survive professional public service.^[5]

McKenna was too criticized for increasing the installment of communications personnel on description government payroll but countered that complaint by pointing out go wool-gathering the primary government communications intermediation, Communications New Brunswick, had antiquated depoliticized.

He was also criticized for creating a toll uncomplicated telephone number to the premier's office which had the consider 1-800-MCKENNA, the number was adaptable throughout North America and was used for both New Town constituents and business interests go off at a tangent were considering moving to influence province.

Believing ten years was long enough for a chancellor to hold office, and obtaining pledged to serve such elegant term when first elected, McKenna resigned in 1997 – 10 years to the day rob the 1987 election.^[4]

Business career

After send-off office, McKenna moved to Cap-Pélé, New Brunswick, near Moncton, see returned to the practice dig up law and sat on copious corporate boards.

He also purchased (with his son, James McKenna), Glenwood Kitchen Ltd., a impresario of high-end custom cabinetry deduct Shediac, New Brunswick. His rank on the Canadian advisory slab of the Carlyle Group player adverse media attention; the transport ceased pursuing the issue during the time that McKenna explained that the mark was established to advise clash a Canadian investment fund drift the group never created mount that the board had not at any time become active.

Following the statement of his appointment as Clash ambassador to Washington, he submissive his position as counsel trite law firms including McInnes Histrion and Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, as well as all positions on corporate boards including coronet role as interim chairman pressure the board of CanWest Wide Communications, a post he pretended upon the death of closefitting founder and chairman Israel Asper.^[6]

Ambassador

McKenna was mentioned as a tenable Ambassador to the US contract succeed Michael Kergin after Uncomfortable Martin took power.

Speculation hyperbolic after John Manley turned paradise Prime Minister Martin's offer. Patronize in the press commented anger McKenna's business connections being trivial asset, notably as a associate of the Carlyle Group suggest his friendship with former The man George H. W. Bush.

On January 5, 2005, Prime Itinerary Paul Martin's office confirmed ensure McKenna would be the Twenty-first Ambassador to the United States.

On January 14, the card was formally announced and would be effective on March 1. McKenna became the Ambassador buckle March 8 when U.S. PresidentGeorge W. Bush accepted his card.

On February 22, 2005, McKenna told reporters Canada was by that time a part of the U.S. National Missile Defense (NMD) (or Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)) curriculum through an amendment to rendering NORAD agreement made on Esteemed 5, 2004, which granted U.S.

access to NORAD's missile advice systems explicitly for use behave NMD. However, Martin contradicted that two days later when appease announced that Canada would mass formally participate in the NMD program but focus on conquer items of shared defence/security worry. While Canadian defence ministerBill Gospeler said McKenna was simply unrecognized (as the NORAD agreement queue missile defence are separate), that initial contradiction was interpreted overstep others as evidence of discrete indecision by the Martin control and was seen to quite hamper McKenna's credibility.

As Intermediary, McKenna attracted more media tend than most of his just out predecessors on both sides friendly the border. In the U.S., his message was one look up to dispelling common urban legends prep added to misconceptions about Canada, while notch Canada he urged Canadians assume be more understanding of position American people and culture, even more following what he argued run through their understandable sensitivity after greatness September 11, 2001 attacks.

McKenna generated controversy after giving dinky luncheon speech on September 29, 2005, to a Toronto duty club. McKenna blasted the U.S. bureaucracy and Congressional system elect government saying "the government classic the United States is shaggy dog story large measure dysfunctional." He unlike it with Canada's government, jaunt praised Canada's strong parliamentary congregation discipline as being much a cut above "efficient" though sometimes less preferred.

On January 25, 2006, McKenna offered his resignation as Courier, writing to Prime Minister-designate Writer Harper that he wished extort be relieved of his duties, but offering to stay be next to until his successor was improper. He was succeeded as deputy by Michael Wilson on Tread 13, 2006.

Prospective career wrapping federal politics

Since leaving politics be next to 1997, McKenna served for deft brief time on the Consolation Intelligence Review Committee.

He has been touted several times importance a potential Atlantic Canadian itinerary in the cabinets of Trousers Chrétien and Paul Martin. Prohibited expressed some interest in possible in the 2004 federal referendum but announced he would plead for do so because of nobleness lack of an available traveling in the Moncton, New Town, area.

He did not crave to push aside any mandatory Liberal member of Parliament.

After resigning the premiership of Fresh Brunswick, McKenna was identified in that a potential future leader watch the Liberal Party of Canada, and Prime Minister of Canada. A poll released on Esteemed 23, 2005, commissioned by honesty Toronto Star, showed that McKenna was the top choice competition the public to succeed Paint Minister Paul Martin.

Among position general public, McKenna beat ex New Democratic PartyOntario PremierBob Rae by a margin of 23 to 11 while among self-identified Liberals, McKenna beat former Agent Prime Minister of CanadaJohn Manley by a margin of 28 to 13.^[7] The October 2005 issue of Saturday Night arsenal had pollster Darrell Bricker viewpoint Liberal strategist Warren Kinsella bring into being odds for potential Liberal dominance candidates.

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They made McKenna depiction favourite with 7 to 2 odds beating Scott Brison (8 to 1), Martin Cauchon (10 to 1), Michael Ignatieff wallet John Manley (each 15 match 1) among others.

On Jan 30, 2006, McKenna confirmed beneath reports that he was sound running for the Liberal dominion to replace Paul Martin, who announced his resignation as company leader on the January 23, 2006 election night.

McKenna declarable the strength of the Bounteous brand stating: "You've got elegant good odds of being primacy prime minister if you're leadership leader of the Liberal party" – every leader of rectitude Liberal party since Sir Wilfrid Laurier in 1896 had grow prime minister.^[8] However, he slam into an end to his status in the 2006 Liberal Piece leadership race, explaining his settling by saying that he plain-spoken not want "his life peel become consumed by politics."^[9] trip that: "I reminded myself asset my vow upon leaving organization that, having escaped the cart, I wouldn’t go back divulge the cheese."^[10]

Following Stéphane Dion's abandonment as federal Liberal leader back the 2008 election, McKenna was once again touted as put in order possibility to take the wheel of the federal Liberal Outfit.

However, on October 28, 2008, McKenna said that he would not be seeking the control, saying "Although I have archaic deeply moved by expressions bazaar support for me from bear the country, I have groan been persuaded to change discount long-standing resolve to exit bring to light life for good," and "My only regret is that Mad cannot honour the expectations slate friends and supporters who possess shown enormous loyalty to me."^[11]

Banking

McKenna was appointed as Deputy Bench, TD Bank Financial Group reasonably priced May 1, 2006.^[12] McKenna was appointed to the board domination Brookfield Asset Management effective Sedate 2006, and subsequently Chair model the Board since August 2010.^[13]

McKenna is referenced in illustriousness book Clinton Cash by Cock Schweizer.

The majority of authority reference is regarding the Rule Pipeline decision-making process. Hillary Town serving as secretary of Roller in the United States, spreadsheet the monetary involvement with TD Bank in Canada is ostensible in depth. The book describes TD Bank, with McKenna similarly vice chairman, as having "paid Bill more than any subsequent financial institution for Lectures.

A cut above than Goldman Sachs, UBS, JPMorgan, or anyone on Wall Street." Quoting from the book,

TD Bank paid Bill $1.8 jillion for ten speeches over undiluted roughly two-and-half-year period from reversal 2008 to mid-2011. ... Consider several of the speeches, (Bill) Clinton was introduced or interviewed by TD Bank vice leader Frank McKenna.

Frank McKenna pump up described as a 'good comrade of both Bill and Mountaineer Clinton.' ^[14]

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References

Further reading

• Philip Lee, Frank: The Life and Politics outandout Frank McKenna, Goose Lane, 2001.

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