Mike Starr of Oshawa A Political Biography [Paperback]

Mike Starr had a remarkable career in Canadian politics.

In June 1957, he was appointed Minister of Labour in John Diefenbakers cabinet and created a sensation, especially among Canadian ethnocultural groups. He made political history as the
rst Ukrainian Canadian appointed to federal cabinet. As Minister of Labour, Starr was faced with numerous national problems, including seasonal unemployment, regional disparities, union negotiations and emerging militant nationalism in Quebec.

When the Diefenbaker government was defeated in the 1963 federal election, Starr returned to his earlier role as Member of Parliament. With the changing Canadian political environment, he was defeated by a tiny margin in the 1968 federal election. Starr continued his distinguished career of public service from 1968 to 1980. He promoted the increasing involvement of ethnocultural groups in Canada political life. In recent decades, it has become a political norm to have members of various ethnocultural and visible minority groups elected to the House of Commons, and

appointed to Cabinet and other senior government positions. For breaking this barrier, Mike Starr was indeed a pioneer in Canadian politics.

Comment le fils dimmigrants ukrainiens a-t-il r?ussi ? gravir le syst?me politique canadien, jusqu? en occuper un poste de ministre? Comment les collectivit?s ethnoculturelles ont-elles contribu? au succ?s politique de Starr? Cette ?tude examine la carri?re de Mike Starr afin de tenter de r?pondre ? ces questions.

La carri?re de Mike Starr en politique canadienne a sans contredit ?t? remarquable.

En juin 1957, il a ?t? nomm? ministre du Travail dans le cabinet de John Diefenbaker, faisant sensation aupr?s des groupes ethnoculturels canadiens, notamment. Il a marqu? lhistoire politique ? titre de premier Canadien dascendance ukrainienne ? acc?der au Cabinet f?d?ral. En tant que lS1