Charles Drury

Brigadier-General the Honourable
Charles Drury
PC OC CBE DSO QC
Minister of Public Works
In office
8 August 1974 – 14 September 1976
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byJean-Eudes Dubé
Succeeded byJ. Judd Buchanan
Minister of Finance
Acting
10 September 1975 – 25 September 1975
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byJohn Turner
Succeeded byDonald Stovel Macdonald
President of the Treasury Board
In office
6 July 1968 – 7 August 1974
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byEdgar Benson
Succeeded byJean Chrétien
Minister of National Defence
Acting
7 September 1972 – 26 November 1972
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byJean-Eudes Dubé (acting)
Succeeded byJames Armstrong Richardson
Acting
17 September 1970 – 23 September 1970
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byLéo Cadieux
Succeeded byDonald Stovel Macdonald
Member of Parliament
for Westmount
In office
25 June 1968 – 26 January 1978
Preceded byRiding created
Succeeded byDon Johnston
Member of Parliament
for Saint-Antoine—Westmount
In office
18 June 1962 – 24 June 1968
Preceded byA. Ross Webster
Succeeded byRiding dissolved
Personal details
Born
Charles Mills Drury

(1912-05-17)17 May 1912
Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Died12 January 1991(1991-01-12) (aged 78)
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Jane Ferrier Counsell
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(m. 1939; died 1971)​
Children4
RelativesWalter L. Gordon (brother-in-law)
Military service
AllegianceCanada
Branch/serviceCanadian Army
Years of service1933–1970
RankBrigadier-General
UnitRoyal Canadian Artillery
Commands4th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsDistinguished Service Order

Brigadier-General Charles Mills "Bud" Drury PC OC CBE DSO QC (17 May 1912 – 12 January 1991) was a Canadian military officer, lawyer, civil servant, businessman and politician.

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