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| death_place= Ottawa, Ontario |restingplace=Beechwood Cemetery | profession= Chartered Accountant (1952) | party=Liberal | religion=Protestant | party colour=Liberal | residence= |alma_mater= Queen's University (1949) | riding=Kingston (1962–1968); Kingston and the Islands (1968–1972) | footnotes= | term_start2= | term_end2= | predecessor2= | successor2= | spouse= Marie Louise van Laer (1946–1974) Mary Jane Binks (1987–2011) |branch = 1st Canadian Survey Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery |serviceyears = 19411946 |rank=Sergeant |}} Edgar John "Ben" Benson PC FCA ( – ) was a Canadian politician, businessman, diplomat, and university professor. He held four Cabinet posts, most notably that of Minister of Finance under Pierre Trudeau, where he was instrumental in reforming Canada's income tax law. After serving overseas in the Second World War as a sergeant in the Royal Canadian Artillery, Benson attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where he obtained his Bachelor of Commerce degree. He became a chartered accountant and partner in the accounting firm of England, Leonard, Macpherson and Company, and co-owner of CKLC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url =http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html?url=http%3A//www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php%3Fid%3D439%26historyID%3D222 )〕 Prior to his entry into politics, he was also a lecturer in Business Administration at Queen's, in the capacity of Assistant Professor of Commerce.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.queensu.ca/news/articles/flags-lowered-former-school-business-professor )〕 ==Political life== He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 general election as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston, Ontario. Initially appointed in 1962 as Parliamentary Secretary to then Minister of Finance Walter Gordon, he entered the Cabinet of Prime Minister Lester Pearson in 1964 as Minister of National Revenue, and served concurrently from 1966 to 1968 as President of the Treasury Board. He was an early supporter of Pierre Trudeau in the 1968 Liberal leadership campaign to replace the retiring Pearson, and, together with Jean Marchand, was co-chairman of Trudeau's leadership bid. He was later appointed Minister of Finance, serving from 1968 to 1972. He served as Minister of National Defence from January to August 1972, when he retired from politics, choosing not to run in the 1972 election. He served as President of the Canadian Transport Commission from 1972 to 1982, and as Canadian Ambassador to Ireland from 1982 to 1985.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.international.gc.ca/department/history-histoire/hplSearch_results-en.asp?frm=person&lan=1&prsnid=883 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edgar Benson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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