Terry Grier

For the superintendent of multiple American school districts, see Terry Grier (superintendent).

Terry Grier
Member of Parliament for Toronto-Lakeshore
In office 1972–1974
Preceded by	Ken Robinson
Succeeded by	Ken Robinson
6th President and Vice-Chancellor of Ryerson Polytechnic University
In office 1988–1995
Preceded by	Brian Segal
Succeeded by	Claude Lajeunesse
Personal details
Born	(1936-08-12)August 12, 1936 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	March 13, 2023(2023-03-13) (aged 86) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Party	New Democratic Party
Spouse	Ruth Grier
Profession	University administrator

Terence Wyly Monro Grier (August 12, 1936 – March 13, 2023) was a Canadian politician, lecturer and university administrator.

Education and political career

Grier graduated from the University of Trinity College in the University of Toronto in 1958. He served as the New Democratic Party's Member of Parliament for Toronto—Lakeshore from 1972 to 1974.

Academic career

Following his defeat in the 1974 federal election, he returned to Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto where he was an instructor in the politics department. After terms as Dean of Arts and Vice-President Academic, he was appointed Ryerson's president in 1988 and oversaw the institution's transformation into a university by the end of his term in 1995.

Personal life and death

His wife, Ruth Grier, was a politician in her own right serving on Etobicoke's city council and in the Ontario legislature as a New Democratic Party MPP and cabinet minister.

Grier died on March 13, 2023, at the age of 86.

Electoral record

1974 Canadian federal election: Toronto—Lakeshore
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken Robinson	14,241	40.1	+4.2
	New Democratic	Terry Grier	12,584	35.4	-4.0
	Progressive Conservative	Jim Muir	8,475	23.9	-0.2
	Communist	Ginny Thomson	145	0.4
	Marxist–Leninist	Paul Herman	68	0.2
Total valid votes			35,513	100.0

1972 Canadian federal election: Toronto—Lakeshore
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Terry Grier	14,722	39.4	+2.6
	Liberal	Ken Robinson	13,393	35.9	-7.2
	Progressive Conservative	Dmytro Kupiak	9,004	24.1	+3.9
	Independent	Gordon Massie	124	0.3
	Independent	George Bedard	102	0.3
Total valid votes			37,345	100.0

1968 Canadian federal election: Lakeshore
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ken Robinson	14,464	43.0
	New Democratic	Terry Grier	12,367	36.8
	Progressive Conservative	Stuart Summerhayes	6,794	20.2
Total valid votes			33,625	100.0

External links

• Terry Grier – Parliament of Canada biography