Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/George_Van_Roggen> ?p ?o }
Showing triples 1 to 84 of
84
with 100 triples per page.
- George_Van_Roggen abstract "George Clifford Van Roggen (July 22, 1921 - June 8, 1992) was a Canadian Senator and a longtime advocate of free trade with the United States.Van Roggen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. After graduating in law from the University of British Columbia, Van Roggen went to Whitehorse, Yukon in 1949 becoming the town's only practicing lawyer. He later became future Conservative MP Eric Nielsen's law partner.He returned to Vancouver in 1957 to practice corporate law specializing in corporate real estate.He was a Liberal Party activist and served as British Columbia campaign chair for the Liberals under Lester Pearson and served in the same role under Pierre Trudeau for the 1968 and 1972 federal elections.The issue of free trade with the United States had been a dead letter in Canadian politics since the defeat of Sir Wilfrid Laurier's government in the 1911 federal election on the issue of what was called \"reciprocity\" with the United States. In 1966, Van Roggen spearheaded the approval of a pro-free trade resolution at a national Liberal Party conference. The motion passed but Prime Minister Pearson responded by saying the issue should not be considered \"at this time.\"He was appointed to the Senate in 1971. In 1974, he became chairman of the Senate's Committee of Foreign Affairs and had the committee conduct a study of free trade with the United States which recommended the negotiation of a free trade agreement. This recommendation was endorsed by the Senate in 1982 and was adopted by the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada in 1985. In turn, the Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney accepted the Commission's recommendation and proceeded to negotiate the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement in 1987 which was ratified in 1988.By this time, the Liberals under leader John Turner had come out against free trade putting Van Roggen in an awkward position. He resigned as chairman of the Senate Foreign Committee in 1986 rather than vote against what had been his idea. When the Senate stalled passage of the Free Trade Agreement, Prime Minister Mulroney called the 1988 federal election and campaigned on the issue and was re-elected. After the election, Van Roggen voted with Conservative Senators to approve the Free Trade Agreement while his fellow Liberal senators abstained. The Agreement passed and came into effect on January 1, 1989.Van Roggen was described as a \"C.D. Howe Liberal\" and considered an economic conservative but a social liberal who supported a social safety net.Van Roggen died of liver cancer in Vancouver in 1992.".
- George_Van_Roggen birthDate "1921-07-22".
- George_Van_Roggen birthYear "1921".
- George_Van_Roggen deathDate "1992-06-08".
- George_Van_Roggen deathYear "1992".
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageID "23838425".
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageLength "4106".
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageOutDegree "31".
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageRevisionID "704008355".
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Brian_Mulroney.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink British_Columbia.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink C._D._Howe.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Canada–United_States_Free_Trade_Agreement.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_federal_election,_1911.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_federal_election,_1968.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_federal_election,_1972.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_federal_election,_1988.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Category:1921_births.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Category:1992_deaths.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Category:20th-century_Canadian_lawyers.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Category:Canadian_senators_from_British_Columbia.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Category:Lawyers_in_British_Columbia.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Category:Liberal_Party_of_Canada_senators.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Vancouver.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Whitehorse,_Yukon.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Erik_Nielsen.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Free_trade.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink John_Turner.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Lester_B._Pearson.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Liberal_Party_of_Canada.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Macdonald_Commission.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Pierre_Trudeau.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Reciprocity_(Canadian_politics).
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Social_safety_net.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Standing_committee_(Canada).
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink University_of_British_Columbia.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Vancouver.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Whitehorse,_Yukon.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLink Wilfrid_Laurier.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageWikiLinkText "George Van Roggen".
- George_Van_Roggen dateOfBirth "1921-07-22".
- George_Van_Roggen dateOfDeath "1992-06-08".
- George_Van_Roggen name "Van Roggen, George".
- George_Van_Roggen shortDescription "Canadian politician".
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Canadian_Parliament_links.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Persondata.
- George_Van_Roggen wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- George_Van_Roggen description "Canadian politician".
- George_Van_Roggen description "Canadian politician".
- George_Van_Roggen subject Category:1921_births.
- George_Van_Roggen subject Category:1992_deaths.
- George_Van_Roggen subject Category:20th-century_Canadian_lawyers.
- George_Van_Roggen subject Category:Canadian_senators_from_British_Columbia.
- George_Van_Roggen subject Category:Lawyers_in_British_Columbia.
- George_Van_Roggen subject Category:Liberal_Party_of_Canada_senators.
- George_Van_Roggen subject Category:People_from_Vancouver.
- George_Van_Roggen subject Category:People_from_Whitehorse,_Yukon.
- George_Van_Roggen hypernym Senator.
- George_Van_Roggen type Agent.
- George_Van_Roggen type OfficeHolder.
- George_Van_Roggen type Person.
- George_Van_Roggen type Politician.
- George_Van_Roggen type Senator.
- George_Van_Roggen type Person.
- George_Van_Roggen type Politician.
- George_Van_Roggen type Senator.
- George_Van_Roggen type Agent.
- George_Van_Roggen type NaturalPerson.
- George_Van_Roggen type Thing.
- George_Van_Roggen type Q215627.
- George_Van_Roggen type Q5.
- George_Van_Roggen type Person.
- George_Van_Roggen comment "George Clifford Van Roggen (July 22, 1921 - June 8, 1992) was a Canadian Senator and a longtime advocate of free trade with the United States.Van Roggen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. After graduating in law from the University of British Columbia, Van Roggen went to Whitehorse, Yukon in 1949 becoming the town's only practicing lawyer.".
- George_Van_Roggen label "George Van Roggen".
- George_Van_Roggen sameAs Q5545448.
- George_Van_Roggen sameAs m.06_vx4z.
- George_Van_Roggen sameAs Q5545448.
- George_Van_Roggen wasDerivedFrom George_Van_Roggen?oldid=704008355.
- George_Van_Roggen givenName "George".
- George_Van_Roggen isPrimaryTopicOf George_Van_Roggen.
- George_Van_Roggen name "George Van Roggen".
- George_Van_Roggen name "Van Roggen, George".
- George_Van_Roggen surname "Van Roggen".