Stanley Hartt
Stanley Hartt QC | |
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2nd Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister | |
In office 1989–1993 | |
Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney |
Preceded by | Derek Burney |
Succeeded by | Norman Spector |
Personal details | |
Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 11 November 1937
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Spouse |
Linda Bloomfield (m. 1961) |
Children | 4 |
Parent |
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Alma mater | McGill University (BA, 1958; MA, 1961; BCL, 1963) |
Stanley Herbert Hartt,
Early life and education
Hartt was born in Montreal, Quebec to Maurice Hartt, a Quebec MNA and MP, and brother of the late Joel Hartt (1940–2009). He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1958, a Master of Arts degree in 1961, and a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1963 from McGill University. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1965 and created a Queen's Counsel in 1984. Hart was married to Linda Hartt (née Bloomfield) from 1961 to 1978 and had four children: Heather Hartt-Sussman (born 1965), Michael Hartt (born 1967), and twins James Hartt and Douglas Hartt (both born 1973).[2] Hartt had also 7 grandchildren.[3]
Career
From 1962 to 1963, Hartt was a lecturer at Sir George Williams University. From 1965 to 1967 and again from 1972 to 1981, he was a lecturer at McGill University. He also taught at the Labour College of Canada (now affiliated with Athabasca University) in 1963 to 1965.[4]
Hartt recalled in an interview that then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau suggested in 1978 that Hartt should follow in his father's footsteps and run as a Liberal but he declined and became a support of the Progressive Conservative Party “after they showed me the books.”[5]
From 1985 to 1988, he was the Deputy Minister in the
In 1965, Hartt joined
In 1994, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.[12]
In November 2016, he held a fundraiser at Norton Rose for Conservative Party of Canada leadership candidate Kellie Leitch.[10] The fundraiser was held shortly after Leitch sent an email congratulating Donald Trump for winning the 2016 United States presidential election and saying the "elites are out of touch."[10] After the leadership race, he criticized Leitch's value test as similar to the “snitch line” presented in the last election and praised fellow leadership candidate Maxime Bernier for having a platform built around "rock-solid economics".[9]
Death
Hartt died from cancer on 3 January 2018, aged 80.[13]
References
- ISBN 9780802040718.
- ^ "Stanley Hartt 'always worried' about how his obituary would read. So he wrote his own". National Post. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Stanley Hartt, 80, was 'an articulate advocate for Canada'". Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ a b Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry[dead link]
- ^ "Hartt remembered as Mulroney's 'irrepressible' outsider - iPolitics". iPolitics. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ "Former chief of staff to Brian Mulroney, Stanley Hartt, dies". Toronto Star. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "GST architect Stanley Hartt remembered as 'a guy who could handle crises with aplomb'". National Post. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "Task Force to Modernize Securities Legislation in Canada". www.tfmsl.ca. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ a b "New Conservative leader should be open to new ideas: Stanley Hartt for Inside Policy | Macdonald-Laurier Institute". www.macdonaldlaurier.ca. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ a b c Fekete, Jason (10 November 2016). "Kellie Leitch is rallying against elites; while holding a $500-a-person fundraiser organized by lawyers". Ottawa Citizen. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Stanley Hartt joins Norton Rose as counsel". Financial Post. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ Order of Canada citation
- ^ "Former Mulroney chief of staff Stanley Hartt dies of cancer at age 80". CTVNews. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2020.