David A. Dodge OC FRSC |
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7th Governor of the Bank of Canada | |
In office February 1, 2001 – January 31, 2008 |
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Appointed by | Jean Chrétien |
Preceded by | Gordon Thiessen |
Succeeded by | Mark Carney |
Deputy Minister of Health | |
In office July 1, 1998 – January 5, 2001 |
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Minister | Allan Rock |
Preceded by | Michèle Jean |
Succeeded by | Ian Green |
Deputy Minister of Finance | |
In office August 1, 1992 – July 13, 1997 |
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Minister | |
Preceded by | Fred Gorbet |
Succeeded by | C. Scott Clark |
Personal details | |
Born |
Toronto, Ontario |
June 8, 1943
Alma mater | |
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David Allison Dodge, OC FRSC (born June 8, 1943) is a Canadian economist. He served a seven-year term as Governor of the Bank of Canada from February 1, 2001 to January 31, 2008. He was succeeded by Mark Carney. On September 12, 2008, he joined Bennett Jones LLP, a leading Canadian law firm, as a senior advisor in their Ottawa office. On May 2, 2008, he was elected as incoming chancellor of Queen's University, with that position to begin on July 1, 2008. Dodge served a three-year term as Queen's chancellor, and accepted a further three-year term beginning on July 1, 2011.
Dodge co-chairs the Global Market Monitoring Group of the Institute of International Finance, is chairman of the board of directors of the C.D. Howe Institute and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. and is a member of the board of directors of Canadian Utilities Limited.
Dodge was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1943. He attended Ridley College, a private boarding school in St. Catharines (and second alumnus to become Bank Governor), and graduated from Queen's University with an honours degree in economics. He received his Ph.D in economics in 1972 from Princeton University.