Patrick Boyer was born on March 4,1945 and is a Canadian journalist, author, and book publisher, was a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament from 1984 to 1993.
21 Facts About Patrick Boyer
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Patrick Boyer holds an honours degree in economics and political science from Carleton University, a Master's degree in Canadian history from University of Toronto and a Doctor of Laws degree, from University of Toronto.
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Patrick Boyer was a founder and contributing columnist of Lawyer's Weekly newspaper.
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Patrick Boyer wrote six legal texts on Canadian election law at federal, provincial, territorial, band council, and municipal levels.
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Patrick Boyer worked on Parliament Hill in the 1960s for Quebec MP Heward Grafftey and for Opposition Leader Robert Stanfield.
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Patrick Boyer chaired parliamentary committees on election law reform, equality rights, and the status of disabled persons.
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In 1993, Patrick Boyer ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives, following Mulroney's announced retirement.
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Patrick Boyer published his policies in the book Hands-On Democracy, in French La democratie pour tous.
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Patrick Boyer ran in the 2008 federal election but lost to Michael Ignatieff by 5,783 votes.
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Patrick Boyer was executive director of the university's Centre for Leadership Studies.
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Patrick Boyer is a past president of the Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs, past chair of Pugwash Thinkers' Lodge in Nova Scotia, and a member of Canadian Pugwash Group, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, The Writers' Union of Canada, and the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians.
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An advocate of proportional representation, Patrick Boyer is a member of the National Advisory Board of Fair Vote Canada.
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Patrick Boyer has worked overseas on democratic development projects in Cambodia, Iraq, Vietnam, Thailand, Ukraine, and Bulgaria.
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Patrick Boyer is author of more than twenty books, dozens of feature articles, and hundreds of newspaper columns.
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Patrick Boyer married Corinne Mudde of the Netherlands on August 15,1970.
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Patrick Boyer had worked in the foreign service of the Netherlands.
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Patrick Boyer was an ardent advocate for women's rights, endangered species, and the environment.
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Patrick Boyer was an investigator in the Ontario Ombudsman's Office, and chaired the Parliamentary Spouses Committee on Soviet Jewry.
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In 1995, Corinne Patrick Boyer succumbed to ovarian cancer, after surviving two prior battles with cancer, a malignant melanoma in 1979 and a breast tumor in 1991.
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In 1997, Patrick Boyer founded the Corinne Boyer Fund which was dedicated to advancing research into ovarian cancer, improving detection and treatment, and raising awareness of the disease in Canada.
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In June 2014, at a ceremony in Vancouver, Patrick Boyer received the Virginia Greene Award for Leadership on Ovarian Cancer.