The TP Boyle Founder’s Award
The T. Patrick Boyle Founder’s Award is given by the Fraser Institute to a distinguished individual who has achieved lasting and recognized accomplishments in the promotion of freedom and free markets, entrepreneurship, and philanthropic support for private sector, non-profit enterprises.
In recent years, the Institute has made a point of annually honouring Canadian entrepreneurs in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, and Vancouver.
The award is named after T. Patrick Boyle, who helped found the Fraser Institute in 1974.
2012 award recipients
Ned Goodman – Toronto, October 4
Jonathan Wener – Montreal, October 23
George Melville - Vancouver, November 7
Jim Treliving - Vancouver, November 7
Clay Riddell – Calgary, November 19
Past award winners
2011 - Darren Entwistle, Vancouver
2011 - Hal Kvisle, Calgary
2011 - Frank Stronach, Toronto
2010 - Norman Keevil, Vancouver
2010 - Allan Markin, Calgary
2010 - Peter Munk, Toronto
2009 - Peter Brown, Vancouver
2009 - Anthony Fell, Toronto
2009 - Harley Hotchkiss, Calgary
2007 - Brian Mulroney
2007 - Anson Chan
2005 - Gwyn Morgan
2004 - Václav Klaus
2004 - Dr. Fan Gang
2003 - Milton and Rose Friedman
2002 - Ralph Klein
2001 - Conrad Black
Note: Margaret Thatcher was presented with a special Fraser Institute lifetime membership and honourary T Patrick Boyle Award in 1993.