Kelvin Ogilvie

The Honourable
Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie
CM
Ogilvie in 2012
Senator for Annapolis Valley-Hants, Nova Scotia
In office
August 27, 2009 – November 6, 2017
Nominated by Stephen Harper
Appointed by Michaëlle Jean
Personal details
Born (1942-11-06) November 6, 1942
Summerville, Nova Scotia
Political party Conservative

Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie, CM (born November 6, 1942),[1] is a Canadian academic and politician. A former president of Acadia University in Wolfville, he was named to the Senate of Canada as a Conservative on August 27, 2009 and served until his retirement on November 6, 2017.[2] He is an international expert in biotechnology, bio-organic chemistry and genetic engineering.[3]

Before politics

His scientific achievements include the development of an automated process for the manufacture of RNA,[4] and the invention of the drug ganciclovir.[5]

Ogilvie served for three years as chair of Nova Scotia Premier’s Council for Innovation and is Senior Fellow for Postsecondary Education at the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, a rightwing thinktank. He served on the board of Genome Canada and chaired the Advisory Board of National Research Council’s Institute of Marine Bioscience and the Advisory Board of the Atlantic Innovation Fund.[5]

Ogilvie was named to the Order of Canada in 1991.[5]

Senate politics

A day after Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose removed Senator Lynn Beyak from the Senate's Aboriginal Peoples committee for defending the residential school system, Senator Kelvin Ogilvie was heard calling CBC reporters parasites.[6] The remark was captured on CBC News cameras, and when questioned about his comment moments later he stated: "I don't recall that. Did you hear that? What kind of silliness is this? Why don't you folks go away and find somebody else to bother?".

References

  1. ↑ Senators
  2. ↑ "Harper makes nine new Senate appointments". Toronto Star, August 27, 2009.
  3. ↑ "'I'll fight for things I believe in': Senator Demers Ex-Canadiens coach appointed to Senate". Archived from the original on August 30, 2009. Retrieved 2017-05-04. . The Gazette. August 28, 2009
  4. ↑ Profile : Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie. Science.ca. Retrieved on April 21, 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 Senators – Detailed Information. Parl.gc.ca (August 27, 2009). Retrieved on April 21, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Conservative senators defend Lynn Beyak, as media called 'parasites'". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
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