Charles Drury

The Honourable Charles Mills "Bud" Drury
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Antoine—Westmount ⋅
In office 1962–1968
Preceded by	A. Ross Webster
Succeeded by	District was abolished in 1966.
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Westmount ⋅
In office 1968–1978
Preceded by	District was created in 1966.
Succeeded by	Don Johnston
Personal details
Born	17 May 1912 Westmount, Quebec
Died	12 January 1991 (aged 78)
Political party	Liberal
Awards	CBE DSO
Military service
Allegiance	Canada
Rank	Brigadier General
Battles/wars	World War II

Charles Mills "Bud" Drury, PC OC CBE DSO QC (17 May 1912 – 12 January 1991) was a Canadian soldier, businessman, and politician.

Education

Born in Westmount, Quebec, he was educated at Selwyn House School^[1] and graduated from the RMC, in Kingston, Ontario; McGill University and the University of Paris.

Career

During World War II, he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. After the war, he was chief of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration from 1945 to 1947. Drury was appointed deputy minister of national defence from 1948 to 1955. He spent 1955 to 1962 in private business.

He was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the Montreal riding of Saint-Antoine—Westmount (later Westmount) in the 1962 federal election. He was re-elected in the 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, and 1974 elections.

He held many ministerial positions in the governments of Prime Ministers Lester Pearson and Pierre Trudeau, including: Defence Production, Industry, Trade and Commerce, Treasury Board, National Defence, Public Works, Finance, and State for Science and Technology.

After leaving politics, he became chairman of the National Capital Commission, from 1978 to 1984.

In 1980, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Electoral record (partial)

Canadian federal election, 1974: Westmount
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Charles Drury	20,816	57.61
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Meighen	11,575	32.03
	New Democratic	Peter P. Berlow	3,140	8.69
	Social Credit	Joseph Ranger	412	1.14
	Marxist–Leninist	Lawrence Tansey	190	0.53
Total valid votes			36,133	100.00
Total rejected ballots			994
Turnout			37,127	71.96
Electors on the lists			51,592

References

1. Selwyn House School Magazine, 1950

• Charles Drury – Parliament of Canada biography
• Charles Mills Drury at The Canadian Encyclopedia

Books

• 4237 Dr. Adrian Preston & Peter Dennis (Edited) "Swords and Covenants" Rowman And Littlefield, London. Croom Helm. 1976.
• H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College of Canada" 1997 Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1969.
• H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "Canada's RMC - A History of Royal Military College" Second Edition 1982
• H16511 Dr. Richard Preston "R.M.C. and Kingston: The effect of imperial and military influences on a Canadian community" 1968 Kingston, Ontario.
• H1877 R. Guy C. Smith (editor) "As You Were! Ex-Cadets Remember". In 2 Volumes. Volume I: 1876-1918. Volume II: 1919-1984. RMC. Kingston, Ontario. The R.M.C. Club of Canada. 1984