Mulroney-era Cabinet minister who marries political experience with country-wide business connections
Perrin Beatty, Canadian Chamber of Commerce president
A scion of the wealthiest family in Fergus, Ont., Perrin Beatty won a seat in the House of Commons in 1972, when he was 22 years old. He was the youngest person ever sworn into Cabinet, when Joe Clark named him junior minister with responsibility for the Treasury Board. In the Mulroney government...
