Bert Lawrence
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Albert Benjamin Rutter (Bert) Lawrence is a former Canadian politician and lawyer.
Lawrence was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1963 as a Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP). He first represented the Ottawa-area riding of Russell and then, beginning with the 1967 election, representing Carleton East. In 1969, Ontario Premier John Robarts brought Lawrence into the cabinet as minister without portfolio, and promoted him in 1970 to Minister of Financial and Commercial Affairs.
He ran in the 1971 Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership convention to succeed Robarts, and came in fifth place. The new premier, Bill Davis, made Lawrence his Minister of Health until 1972 when he became Provincial Secretary for Resources Development.
Lawrence left Queen's Park in 1974, resigning from the legislature to return to his law practice.
He attempted a move to federal politics by running as the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Ottawa—Carleton in the 1980 federal election but was defeated by Liberal Jean-Luc Pépin.
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