Stanley Waters
Lieutenant-General the Honourable Stanley Waters | |
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Senator from Alberta | |
In office June 11, 1990 – September 25, 1991 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Stanley Charles Waters June 14, 1920 Canadian Forces |
Rank | Lieutenant-general |
Commands | Commander, Mobile Command |
Lieutenant-general Stanley Charles Waters CD (June 14, 1920 – September 25, 1991) was Canada's first senator to be appointed to his Senate seat following a non-binding provincial Senate election.
Early life
Born in
After the war, he rose steadily through the ranks, and ended his career as a lieutenant-general and Commander of Mobile Command (1973–75). In 1975, he joined Mannix Organization at Calgary, becoming president of Loram Group, a subsidiary of the parent company. He was a co-founder of the Bowfort Group of Companies, which engage in farming, real estate and investment operations throughout Western Canada. He held a variety of executive positions until his retirement from business in 1989.[3] Waters also was the president of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce and in 1984 organized a group to purchase a partial share of the Calgary Stampeders football club.[3]
Political career
Stan Waters was also keenly interested in Canadian politics. In 1987, Waters became a founding member of Preston Manning's Reform Party of Canada. While Waters did not choose to participate as a Reform Party candidate in the federal election of 1988, he was seen as one of the party's most popular early spokesmen and policy communicators, speaking at numerous party rallies and events from 1987 to 1991.
In 1989, under strain from the troubling and complex wrangling surrounding the
On June 11, 1990, Stan Waters was sworn into the Senate. He was also the first representative of the Reform Party in the Upper House. During his year-long tenure as a senator, Waters spoke for Western Canadian and conservative values. He pushed for an end to official
Death and legacy
Waters was admitted to the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary to treat in July 1991,[6] and later died of complications at Foothills on September 25.[7][3]
After Waters' death, Alberta Premier Don Getty lauded his contribution towards Senate reform, calling the momentum created by his election "unstoppable".[3]
When the federal Liberal Party was returned to power in the 1993 election under party leader Jean Chrétien, Senate reform was all but abandoned. Chrétien and his successor, Paul Martin, did not advise the appointment to the Senate of candidates elected by Albertans in 1998 and 2004, citing the fact that the elections are not part of the Senate selection process, as defined by the Constitution of Canada.
Archives
There is a Stan Waters fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[8]
References
- ProQuest 2402396264.
- ^ ISBN 1-55002-252-0.
- ^ ProQuest 2466288178.
- ^ Stanley Waters – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ "Reforming the Senate". CBC News. December 22, 2008. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ProQuest 2262870595.
- ^ "Stan Waters was Canada's first senator to be elected". Kitchener - Waterloo Record. September 26, 1991. p. A10.
- ^ "Stan Waters fonds". Library and Archives Canada.