Otto Lang
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Otto Emil Lang Template:Post-nominals (born 14 May 1932) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician.
Life and career
Lang was born in Handel, Saskatchewan. In 1961, he was appointed Dean of Law at the University of Saskatchewan, the youngest person to be appointed to that position, and served until 1969.<ref name="ottoelangfonds">Template:Cite web</ref>
Lang was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 election, and was re-elected in the 1972 and 1974 elections as the Member of Parliament for Saskatoon—Humboldt. He served as Minister without Portfolio (1968–70), Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board (1969–79), Acting Minister of Mines, Energy and Resources (1969),<ref>Winnipeg Free Press, 5 February 1969, p. 15. Lang was acting in the place of Joseph Greene, who was required to take a leave of absence due to poor health.</ref> Minister of Manpower and Immigration (1970–72), Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1972–75), Minister of Transport (1975–79), Acting Minister of Communications (1975), Acting Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1978), and Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1978).<ref name="ottoelangfonds"/> His riding was abolished ahead of the 1979 federal election, and when he ran in the successor constituency of Saskatoon East, he lost to Robert Ogle of the New Democratic Party.
Following his career in politics, Lang served as the Executive Vice-president of Pioneer Grain Co. Ltd., Chairman of the Transport Institute at the University of Manitoba and as president, CEO of Centra Gas Manitoba Inc. He is currently retired, but serves as a director of several companies, including Investor's Group and the Winnipeg Airport Authority. In 2005-06 Lang served as the co-chair of the federal Liberal election campaign for Manitoba. He also took part in international activities as the Honorary Consul-General of Japan.<ref>Otto Lang [textual record]</ref>
A Rhodes Scholar, Lang holds a B.A. and an LL.B. from the University of Saskatchewan, a B.C.L from Oxford University (Exeter College) and an LL.D. from the University of Manitoba. He played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club, winning two Blues.
In 1999, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Family
Lang is married to Madam Justice Deborah McCawley of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba. They currently reside in Manitoba. He was previously married to Adrian Merchant, the daughter of Sally Merchant.
Lang is the father of seven children: Maria Lang (d. 1991); Andrew Lang, a communications advisor who was the federal Liberal candidate for the riding of Toronto—Danforth in 2008 and 2011;<ref>Andrew Lang - ProfileTemplate:Dead link</ref> Timothy Lang, President and CEO of Youth Employment Services (Canada) in Toronto;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Timothy Lang - Profile</ref> Gregory Lang, a consultant;<ref>Gregory Lang - Profile</ref> Elisabeth Lang, Superintendent of Bankruptcy at the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy;<ref>Superintendent of Bankruptcy – Biography of Elisabeth Lang</ref><ref>Elisabeth Lang - ProfileTemplate:Dead link</ref> Adrian Lang, a lawyer and senior executive at Staples Canada in Toronto (she was formerly a partner with the law firm of Stikeman Elliott);<ref>Adrian Lang - Profile</ref> and Amanda Lang, a television news personality, best selling author and currently host of CTV's Taking Stock.
Election results
Federal Riding of Saskatoon East
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Federal Riding of Saskatoon Humboldt
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Archives
There is an Otto E. Lang fonds at Library and Archives Canada.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
References
External links
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- 1932 births
- Living people
- Ministers of transport of Canada
- Lawyers in Saskatchewan
- Canadian King's Counsel
- Canadian Rhodes Scholars
- Canadian university and college faculty deans
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
- University of Saskatchewan alumni
- People from Humboldt, Saskatchewan
- University of Saskatchewan College of Law alumni
- 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada