Otto Jelinek
Minister of National Revenue | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In office January 30, 1989 – June 24, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Elmer MacKay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Garth Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of Parliament for Oakville—Milton (Halton; 1979–1988) (High Park—Humber Valley; 1972–1979) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office October 30, 1972 – October 25, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Riding established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Bonnie Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Otakar Jelínek May 20, 1940 Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Progressive Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Oakville Skating Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Otto John Jelinek
Figure skating career
International | |||||||||
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Event | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | |
Winter Olympic Games | 4th | ||||||||
World Championships | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | ||||
North American Championships | 2nd | 1st | |||||||
National | |||||||||
Canadian Championships | 1st J. | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
- J = Junior level
Jelinek competed as a
After they won the World Championships in 1962, the Jelineks retired from competition, and toured professionally with
The Jelineks were inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1962 and into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame in 1994.
Political career
After retiring from professional skating, Jelinek started a business, Canadian Skate Industries, to manufacture figure and hockey skates for the mass market. He also had considerable investments in real estate.[6]
After a time in business, Otto Jelinek entered politics and was elected in the 1972 election to the House of Commons as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for High Park-Humber Valley in Metropolitan Toronto. He was re-elected in 1974. In 1979, he switched to the riding of Halton, where he ran and won in the 1979 federal election.
When the Tories formed government after the
In 1988, he was named
Business career
In 1994, he moved to the
In 2011, Jelinek became a Managing Partner with Passport Energy, a Canadian oil and gas company, with responsibility for corporate and financial affairs in Europe.[7]
References
- ^ Alisdair Roberts (1983), Otto Jelinek
- ^ Otakar Jelínek 20.05.1940, Trade Register of the Czech Republic
- ^ a b "The Canadian Press: Otto Jelinek named Canada's next ambassador to Czech Republic". www.macleans.ca.
- ^ "People", Skating magazine, November 1962
- ^ "News About Skaters", Skating magazine, Dec 1963
- ^ "Evolution... From Skater to Businessman", Skating magazine, Jun 1971
- ^ "Honourable Otto Jelinek joins Passport Energy as Managing Partner" (PDF). January 11, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
Further reading
- "Canada's Sports Hall of Fame: Otto Jelinek". Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Otto Jelinek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on February 20, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
- "Skate Canada Results Book - Volume 1 - 1896 - 1973" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original(PDF) on November 22, 2010.
- "Canadian National Championships Medallists" (PDF). Skate Canada. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 20, 2009.
- "World Figure Skating Championships Results: Pairs Medalists" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2013.