Tony Dean (Canadian public servant)

The Honourable Tony Dean

Deputy Facilitator of the Independent Senators Group
In office January 1, 2022 – June 24, 2023
Leader	Raymonde Saint-Germain
Preceded by	Raymonde Saint-Germain
Succeeded by	Bernadette Clement
Senator from Ontario
Incumbent
Assumed office November 10, 2016
Nominated by	Justin Trudeau
Appointed by	David Johnston

Personal details
Born	(1953-08-19) August 19, 1953 (age 70) Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Political party	Independent Senators Group
Profession	Civil servant and academic

Anthony "Tony" Alexander Dean, OOnt ^[1] (born August 19, 1953)^[2] is a Canadian senator and former Ontario civil servant. He was secretary of the Cabinet, head of the Ontario Public Service and the clerk of the Executive Council from 2002 to 2008.

Dean received a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and social anthropology from University of Hull and a Master of Arts degree in sociology from McMaster University. He worked for ten years in the public sector in collective bargaining before joining the Ontario Public Service in 1989. He was Deputy Minister of Labour and Deputy Minister and Associate Secretary of Cabinet, Policy.^[3] In 2002, he was appointed by Ontario Premier Ernie Eves Secretary of the Cabinet and Clerk of the Executive Council.^[4]

Dean retired in 2008 and became a professor at the University of Toronto’s School of Public Policy and Governance. He held this role until he was appointed to the Senate of Canada, at which point he became a Distinguished Fellow. In 2010, he was a senior research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. He advises governments, domestically and internationally, on public administration, public policy and implementation.^[5]

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty described him as "the ultimate public servant, exhibiting on a daily basis the drive to get things done, and the diplomacy required to have them done well".^[6] In 2009, he was made a member of the Order of Ontario in recognition for having "transformed the Ontario Public Service".^[7]

On October 31, 2016, Dean's appointment to the Senate of Canada was announced. He sits as an independent.^[8]

References

^ "Premier McGuinty Fine Tunes His Cabinet At Mid-Term". 29 June 2005.
^ Canadian Who's Who Search. Grey House Publishing Canada.
^ "Tony Dean". Institute for Public Administration of Canada.
^ "Eves announces changes in leadership of Public Service". 8 November 2002.
^ "Fellows". University of Toronto.
^ "Premier names new Secretary of the Cabinet". 6 December 2007.
^ "Order of Ontario Appointments Announced". 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009.
^ "Trudeau taps former banker, cop and judge for Senate". Toronto Star, October 30, 2016.

External links

Tony Dean – Parliament of Canada biography

Government offices
Preceded by Andromache Karakatsanis	Secretary of the Cabinet, Head of the Ontario Public Service and Clerk of the Executive Council November 30, 2002 – January 7, 2008	Succeeded by Shelly Jamieson

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