BORN: March 30, 1912, Kenora, Ontario, son of Francis Hamilton and
Alice May Jamieson, both Canadian
EDUCATION: Public School, Kenora,
Ontario;
High
School, Delisle, Saskatchewan
Normal
School and University of Saskatchewan
DEGREES: B.A. (Honours in History and
Economics)
Certificate
of Education
MARITAL
STATUS: Married November
14th, 1936 to
Constance Beulah Florence Major
(Deceased 1979).
Two children: Robert
Alexander and William Alvin
PROFESSION: Collegiate Teacher;
Provincial Organizer for Progressive
Conservative Party (Saskatchewan) 1948 -1957
Provincial Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party
(Saskatchewan) 1949 -1957.
WAR SERVICE: Royal Canadian Air
Force, F/L. ‑ Navigator
PUBLIC SERVICE:
Provincial politics, Saskatchewan
Elected to House of Commons: 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1972, 1974,
1979, 1980 and 1984
1957 Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources (3 years)
1960
Minister of Agriculture (3 years)
First wheat sales to China
1963-8
Spokesman
for Opposition
- Trade and
Commerce
- Agriculture
-
Finance
1968-72 Worked
as Free Lance Journalist, Radio and TV commentator
Consultant
to Private Business, Provincial and Foreign Governments.
1972
Chairman, P.C. Caucus
Energy, Mines and Resources
1974
Chairman, P.C. Caucus
Agricultural Committee
1976-9
Representative of Caucus on Leader's
Policy Advisory Group
1980
Member: P.C. Economic Development Committee
Member: House of Commons Committee on Agriculture
Member:
House of Commons Energy, Mines and
Resources Committee
1983
Appointed Co‑Chairman of the Conservative Task Force
on "Job Opportunities for Canada's Youth"
ACHIEVEMENTS:
National
Development Program, 1957 - 1963
World
Food Program, 1961
ARDA
‑ Agriculture Rehabilitation and Development Act, 1961
Established
trade connections with China and
nine
other Communist Nations, 1960 - 1963
PARTY POLITICS:
Progressive Conservative
RELIGION: Protestant