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Age88 years (at death)
BornMay 28, 1923
DeathSep 02, 2011
CountryCanada
ProfessionPolitician, diplomat, university teacher, professor, chartered accountant, ambassador
ZodiacGemini ♊
Born inCobourg
Edgar Benson
Personal Facts, Age, Height and Biography of Edgar Benson
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. He was described as "Pierre Trudeau's unflappable finance minister, the pipe-smoking financial wizard who raised the ire of corporate Canada in the 1970s by bringing in a capital gains tax."
