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Irving Gerstein

Canadian businessman and politician

Irving Russell Gerstein, CM OOnt (born February 10, 1941) is a Canadian businessman, politician, and a former Conservative member of the Senate of Canada. He was appointed on the advice of Stephen Harper to the Senate on January 2, 2009, and retired on February 10, 2016, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.[1]

Biography

The son of Bertrand and Reva Gerstein, Gerstein was made a member of the Order of Canada in recognition for being a "respected businessman and a loyal and diligent volunteer and philanthropist" in 1999.[2] In 2002, he was awarded the Order of Ontario.[3]

Gerstein is best known for his time as president of Peoples Jewellers. He led the Peoples takeover of Zale Corporation in 1986 and then Zale's takeover of Gordon Jewelry in 1989. By 1990, he headed the world’s largest jewelry retail empire.

He is or has served as a director of Atlantic Power Corporation, Medical Facilities Corporation, Student Transportation of America, Economic Investment Trust, CT

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    Gerstein

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    Gerstein is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

    • David Gerstein (born 1974), comics author and editor as well as an animation historian
    • Dudu Gerstein (born 1944), Israeli painter and sculptor
    • Emma Gerstein (1903–2002), Russian historian and literary critic
    • Irving Gerstein (born 1941), Canadian businessman, politician, Conservative member of the Canadian Senate
    • Jonah Gerstein (1827–1891), Lithuanian educationalist and Hebraist
    • Kirill Gerstein (born 1979), American and Russian pianist
    • Kurt Gerstein (1905–1945), German SS officer and member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS
    • Leila Gerstein, American television producer and screenwriter
    • Luisa Gerstein, British singer-songwriter and member of Landshapes
    • Mark B. Gerstein, American scientist working in bioinformatics
    • Mordicai Gerstein (1935–2019), American artist, writer, and film director
    • Noemí Gerstein (1910–1996), Argentine sculptor
    • Reva Gerstein (1917–2020), Canadian psychologist and educator
    • Richard Gerstein (1923–1992), American lawyer

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