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{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = David Michael Collenette | honorific-suffix = [[King's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] [[Order of Ontario|OOnt]] | image = | parliament = Canadian | office1 = [[Minister of Transport (Canada)|Minister of Transport]] | term_start1 = 11 June 1997 | term_end1 = 11 December 2003 | primeminister1 = [[Jean Chrétien]] | predecessor1 = [[David Anderson (British Columbia politician)|David Anderson]] | successor1 = [[Tony Valeri]] | office2 = [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Minister of National Defence]] | term_start2 = 4 November 1993 | term_end2 = 4 October 1996 | primeminister2 = [[Jean Chrétien]] | predecessor2 = [[Tom Siddon]] | successor2 = [[Doug Young (politician)|Doug Young]] | office3 = [[Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada)|Minister of Veterans Affairs]] | term_start3 = 4 November 1993 | term_end3 = 4 October 1996 | primeminister3 = [[Jean Chrétien]] | predecessor3 = [[Peter McCreath]] | successor3 = [[Doug Young (politician)|Doug Young]] | parliament4 = Canadian | riding4 = [[Don Valley East (federal electoral district)|Don Valley East]] | term_start4 = 25 October 1993 | term_end4 = 28 June 2004 | predecessor4 = [[Alan Redway]] | successor4 = [[Yasmin Ratansi]] | parliament5 = Canadian | riding5 = [[York East (federal electoral district)|York East]] | term_start5 = 18 February 1980 | term_end5 = 4 September 1984 | predecessor5 = [[Ron Ritchie]] | successor5 = [[Alan Redway]] | term_start6 = 8 July 1974 | term_end6 = 22 May 1979 | predecessor6 = [[Ian MacLachlan Arrol]] | successor6 = [[Ron Ritchie]] | party = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|06|24}} | birth_place = [[London]], [[England]], UK | residence = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada | education = [[Glendon College|Glendon College, York]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA]]) | profession = Business Advisor | spouse = [[Penny Collenette]] | religion = | }} '''David Michael Collenette''', [[King's Privy Council for Canada|PC]] [[Order of Ontario|OOnt]] (born 24 June 1946) is a former [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician. From 1974, until his retirement from politics in 2004, he was a member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]]. A graduate from [[York University]]'s [[Glendon College]] in 1969, he subsequently received his [[Master of Arts|MA]], in 2004 and LL.D for education in 2015 from the same university. He was first elected in the [[York East (federal electoral district)|York East]] riding of [[Toronto]] to the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] on 8 July 1974, in the [[Pierre Trudeau]] government and returned to Parliament in 1993 representing Don Valley East. Collenette served as a Member of the Canadian House of Commons for more than 20 years. He was elected five times and defeated twice. He served in the Cabinet under three prime ministers - [[Pierre Trudeau]], [[John Turner]], and [[Jean Chrétien]]. He held several portfolios: * Minister of State-Multiculturalism (1983–1984); * Minister of National Defence (1993–1996); * Minister of Veterans Affairs (1993–1996); * Minister of Transport (1997–2003) and * Minister of Crown Corporations (2002–2003). During the constitutional debates of the early 1980s, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Government House leader and was assigned by the government to Westminster to represent Canada's interests. He served as Chair of the House of Commons Special Energy Committee in 1982–83 dealing with legislation for the national energy program (NEP).
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