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David KilgourThe Hon. David Kilgour (born February 18, 1941 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian politician. Kilgour is currently a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, from 1979 to 1988 he representing the riding of EdmontonStrathcona, but in 1988 he moved to the newly created riding of Edmonton Southeast which he has represented ever since. He was first elected as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, in 1968. In October of 1990 he, along with John Nowlan of Nova Scotia, quit the Tory party in protest over the introduction of the GST. He sat as an independent for a few months before joining the Liberals. Kilgour is a former lawyer. In government he has served as Secretary of State (Latin America and Africa), Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific), Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Privy Council, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for External Relations, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and the Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole of the House of Commons. He is the brother of Geills Turner, who is married to former Canadian Prime Minister John Turner. Kilgour and his sister are the nephew and niece of John McCrae, the soldier and poet who wrote In Flanders Fields. Preceded by:
Electoral district created in 1987 | Members of Parliament from Edmonton Southeast | Succeeded by:
Electoral district abolished in 2003 | Kilgour, David Kilgour, David
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