Don Jamieson
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Don Jamieson 🇨🇦

Don Jamieson (Known as "Donald Campbell Jamieson")
Broadcaster, Secretary of State for External Affairs, High Commissioner to UK
Born 30 April 1921 🇨🇦 St. John's, Canada
Passed Away 19 November 1986 Swift Current, Canada
Lifespan 65 years old
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"Broadcasting taught me that words must speak to the human heart, whether on a fishing wharf or across an international summit table."

Archival Overview

Gifted Newfoundland broadcaster and federal cabinet minister under Pierre Trudeau who led external affairs diplomacy and later served as High Commissioner in London.

Biographical Record

Donald Campbell Jamieson was a renowned radio and television broadcaster in St. John's who helped found CJON-TV and served as president of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. Entering the House of Commons in 1966, Jamieson brought consummate rhetorical skill and Newfoundland warmth to federal politics.

Jamieson became Pierre Trudeau's senior cabinet minister from Atlantic Canada, serving as Minister of Defence Production, Transport, Regional Economic Expansion, and Secretary of State for External Affairs from 1976 to 1979. He subsequently served as Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

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Mount Pleasant Cemetery
St. John's, Canada
GPS: 47.5500, -52.7400
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