Editing Art Eggleton (section)

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Art Eggleton
| honorific-suffix    = [[King's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]
| image               = Arthur Eggleton Defense Minister of Canada (cropped).jpg
| imagesize           = 205px
| caption             = Eggleton in 1999
| office1             = [[Canadian Senator]]<br />from Ontario
| term_start1         = March 24, 2005
| term_end1           = September 29, 2018
| predecessor1        = 
| successor1          = 
| nominator1          = [[Paul Martin]]
| appointed1          = [[Adrienne Clarkson]]
| riding2             = [[York Centre (federal electoral district)|York Centre]]
| parliament2         = Canadian
| term_start2         = October 25, 1993
| term_end2           = June 28, 2004
| predecessor2        = [[Bob Kaplan]]
| successor2          = [[Ken Dryden]]
| office3             = 59th [[Mayor of Toronto]]
| term_start3         = December 1, 1980
| term_end3           = November 30, 1991
| predecessor3        = [[John Sewell]]
| successor3          = [[June Rowlands]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1943|09|29}}
| birth_place         = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Senate Liberal Caucus|Independent Liberal]]
| otherparty          = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] (until 2014)
| spouse              = Brenda Eggleton (m. 1978, div. 1994),<br>Camille Bacchus
| relations           = 
| children            = Stephanie Vass
| residence           = Toronto
| alma_mater          = 
| cabinet             = Minister of National Defence (1997–2002)<br />Minister for International Trade (1996–1997)<br />Minister responsible for Infrastructure (1993–1996)<br />President of the Treasury Board (1993–1996)
| occupation          = Accountant
}}

'''Arthur C. Eggleton''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (born September 29, 1943) is a retired Canadian politician who served as the [[List of mayors of Toronto|59th]] and longest-serving [[mayor of Toronto]] from 1980 to 1991. He was elected to Parliament in 1993, running as a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] in [[York Centre (federal electoral district)|York Centre]] and served as a [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|member of Parliament]] (MP) until 2004 when he declined to seek re-election. Eggleton held a number of cabinet positions from 1993 to 2002 including [[President of the Treasury Board|Treasury Board president]], [[Minister of Infrastructure and Communities|minister of infrastructure]], [[Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development|minister of international trade]], and [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|minister of national defence]]. He was appointed to the [[Senate of Canada|Senate]] in 2005, serving until he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 in 2018.