David Dingwall

David Dingwall is a Liberal from Cape Breton. A supporter of Jean Chretien, David Dingwall was Minister of Public Works for two years in the 1990s. David Dingwall also served as Minister of Health. After several years running his own lobbying firm, David Dingwall was appointed President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint, and he made the Mint profitable.

David Dingwall resigned from the Mint in 2005 when his expenses came under public scrutiny and questions were raised about his lobbying activities before joining the Mint. He denied any wrongdoing, but said he did not want the allegations to detract from the work of the Mint.

Born June 29, 1952 in Sydney, Nova Scotia

• B. Comm. - Dalhousie University

• LL.B - Dalhousie University

Lawyer

Liberal Party of Canada

Cape-Breton - East Richmond, Nova Scotia

• David Dingwall was special assistant to several Nova Scotia provincial cabinet ministers from 1974 to 1976.

• David Dingwall was first elected to the House of Commons in 1980.

• He was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources in 1982.

• From 1990 to 1993, David Dingwall was Liberal Party House Leader, in Opposition.

• With the election of the Chretien government in 1993, David Dingwall was appointed Minister of Public Works and Supply and Services, as well as Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

• In 1996, David Dingwall was appointed Minister of Health.

• David Dingwall ran in the Nova Scotia riding of Bras d'Or in the 1997 general election, but was defeated.

• After his election defeat in 1997, David Dingwall ran his own lobbyist firm Wallding International.

• David Dingwall was appointed President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint in 2003. He resigned in 2005 after public allegations of excessive expenses at the Mint and reports of irregularities in his earlier lobbying activities.