Terry Grier

For the superintendent of multiple American school districts, see Terry Grier (superintendent).

Terry Grier
Member of Parliament
for Toronto-Lakeshore
In office
1972–1974
Preceded byKen Robinson
Succeeded byKen Robinson
6th President of the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
In office
1988–1995[a]
Preceded byBrian Segal
Succeeded byClaude Lajeunesse (as President and Vice-Chancellor of Ryerson Polytechnic University)
Personal details
Born(1936-08-12)August 12, 1936
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DiedMarch 13, 2023(2023-03-13) (aged 86)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political partyNew Democratic Party
SpouseRuth Grier
Residence(s)Toronto, Ontario
ProfessionUniversity administrator

Terence Wyly Monro Grier (August 12, 1936 – March 13, 2023) was a Canadian politician, lecturer and university administrator.

Education and political career

Grier graduated from the University of Trinity College in the University of Toronto in 1958. He served as the New Democratic Party's Member of Parliament for Toronto—Lakeshore from 1972 to 1974.[citation needed]

Academic career

Following his defeat in the 1974 federal election he returned to Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto where he was an instructor in the politics department. After terms as Dean of Arts and Vice-President Academic, he was appointed Ryerson's president in 1988 and oversaw the institution's transformation into a university by the end of his term in 1995.[citation needed]

Personal life and death

His wife, Ruth Grier, was a politician in her own right serving on Etobicoke's city council and in the Ontario legislature as a New Democratic Party MPP and cabinet minister.[citation needed]

Grier died on March 13, 2023, at the age of 86.[1]

Electoral record

1974 Canadian federal election: Toronto—Lakeshore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ken Robinson 14,241 40.1 +4.2
New Democratic Terry Grier 12,584 35.4 -4.0
Progressive Conservative Jim Muir 8,475 23.9 -0.2
Communist Ginny Thomson 145 0.4
Marxist–Leninist Paul Herman 68 0.2
Total valid votes 35,513 100.0
1972 Canadian federal election: Toronto—Lakeshore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Terry Grier 14,722 39.4 +2.6
Liberal Ken Robinson 13,393 35.9 -7.2
Progressive Conservative Dmytro Kupiak 9,004 24.1 +3.9
Independent Gordon Massie 124 0.3
Independent George Bedard 102 0.3
Total valid votes 37,345 100.0
1968 Canadian federal election: Lakeshore
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Ken Robinson 14,464 43.0
New Democratic Terry Grier 12,367 36.8
Progressive Conservative Stuart Summerhayes 6,794 20.2
Total valid votes 33,625 100.0

Notes

  1. ^ Ryerson Polytechnical Institute was granted university status in 1994, during Grier's term as President

References

  1. ^ "Terry Grier". Legacy.com. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
Academic offices
Preceded by President of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute/Ryerson Polytechnic University
1988–1995 		Succeeded by


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