Herb Grubel 1934 – 2026

Biography

Herb Grubel was a Canadian academic, economist, writer and politician. Born Herbert Gunter Grubel on February 26, 1934, in Frankfurt, Germany, he completed his doctorate in economics at Yale University and became Professor Emeritus of Economics at Simon Fraser University and a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute. He published 27 books and more than 130 professional articles on international trade and finance and a wide range of economic policy issues. From 1993 to 1997 he sat in the Canadian House of Commons as the Reform Party member for Capilano-Howe Sound, serving as the party’s finance critic from 1995 to 1997. He died on November 2, 2026, aged 92.