Lenard Gustafson Explained

Office:Canadian Senator
from Saskatchewan
Term Start:May 26, 1993
Term End:November 10, 2008
Nominator:Brian Mulroney
Appointed:Ray Hnatyshyn
Riding1:Souris—Moose Mountain
Parliament1:Canadian
Term Start1:May 22, 1979
Term End1:May 25, 1993
Predecessor1:Ralph Goodale
Successor1:Bernie Collins
Birth Name:Lenard Joseph Gustafson
Birth Date:10 November 1933
Birth Place:Macoun, Saskatchewan, Canada
Death Place:Midale, Saskatchewan, Canada
Party:Progressive Conservative
Conservative
Occupation:Farmer, contractor, businessman

Lenard Joseph Gustafson, PC (November 10, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was a Canadian politician from Saskatchewan. Gustafson served in the Senate of Canada and House of Commons of Canada.

Born in Macoun, Saskatchewan, Gustafson was a farmer, contractor and businessman, before he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1979 general election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Assiniboia, Saskatchewan. He did not serve in the short-lived government led by Prime Minister Joe Clark.

He was re-elected in 1980, 1984, and 1988. Gustafson served as parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney from 1984 until shortly before Mulroney left office. In May 1993, shortly before his retirement, Mulroney appointed Gustafson to the Senate of Canada, where he sat as a Progressive Conservative and, since February 2004, as a Conservative. He retired from the Senate upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75 on November 10, 2008. On January 8, 2009, it was announced that Gustafson was appointed to the Privy Council on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Gustafson died on March 18, 2022, in Midale, Saskatchewan.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Statement by Robert Kitchen, Member for Souris-Moose Mountain, SK. March 21, 2022. March 21, 2022.