Ward P.D. Elcock

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Ward P.D. Elcock is a Canadian civil servant who served as the Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service from 1994 until May 2004. He served as the Deputy Minister of National Defence from August 5 2004 to October 1, 2007.

He was born in Victoria, B.C. in 1947. He is the grandson of deceased Canadian financier Ward C. Pitfield and Grace Pitfield (nee MacDougall).

A Bachelor's graduate in Political Science from Carleton University, Elcock received his LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School.

Elcock served as the Security & Intelligence Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council Office for five years, and as Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Legislation and House Planning/Counsel) for six years, prior to his rise to CSIS and National Defence. In 2007, Elcock was named Senior Advisor to the Privy Council Office "pending his next assignment".[1] That October, he was named Head of Security for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

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  1. ^ Prime Minister of Canada: Prime Minister announces changes in the senior ranks of the Public Service
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