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David Lee Emerson, PC, MP, MA, Ph. D (born September 17, 1945, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, who was previously a businessman and a civil servant. Emerson is Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics in the Canadian Cabinet. Like all other federal cabinet members, he is a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and has the right to the style "The Honourable" for life.

Emerson has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Vancouver Kingsway in British Columbia since 2004. February 01, 2004. He was first elected as a Liberal and served as Minister of Industry under Prime Minister Paul Martin. He was re-elected in the 2006 federal election as a Liberal. On February 6, 2006, Emerson accepted an offer to join the Conservative Government as Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics. He was the first Canadian MP to cross the floor after being officially elected, but before being officially sworn in.

Early life and business career

David Emerson attended the University of Alberta and obtained his Bachelor of Economics degree in 1968 and his Master of Economics degree in 1970. Kingsway General Insurance Company. He then went on to Queen's University where he received his Ph. D in Economics.

In 1975, after working as a researcher for the Economic Council of Canada, he moved to British Columbia and joined the public service. In 1984, he became Deputy Minister of Finance.