Monique Bégin

Monique Bégin PC OC FRSC ( born March 1, 1936 in Rome ) is a Canadian sociologist, university teacher and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada, which was several years members of the lower house and several times Minister.

Life

Study and MPs

After schooling completed Monique Bégin, who grew up in Portugal and France, and with her parents immigrated to the Second World War to Canada to study sociology and graduated with both a Bachelor of Arts (BA ) and a Master of Arts (MA ) at the University of Montreal from, and also earned a Philosophiae Doctor ( Ph.D.) at the Paris Sorbonne University and a Doctor of Science ( D.Sc. ). 1967 was their call to the Executive Secretary of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women ( Royal Commission on the Status of Women ).

In the general election of 30 October 1972, she was first elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party for Members of the House of Commons and represented there until the general election on 22 May 1979 the constituency of Saint- Michel and thereafter until 4 September 1984 the constituency of Saint- Léonard -Anjou. At their first 1972 election she was beside Albanie Morin and Jeanne Sauvé to the first three women elected from the province of Quebec in the Canadian House of Commons. At the beginning of its deputies activity she was between January 1973 and February 1974 Vice - Chairman of the Standing House of Commons Committee on other estimates.

In October 1975 Monique Bégin took her first government post and was until September 1976 Parliamentary Secretary at the Foreign Minister.

Minister and high school teacher

Subsequently, she was appointed on 14 September 1976 by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as Minister for National income in the 20th Canadian Cabinet and there after a cabinet reshuffle of 16 September 1977 to the end of Trudeau's term of office on June 3, 1979, the Office of the Minister for national Health and Welfare took over.

After the electoral victory of the Liberal Party in the general election of 18 February 1980, she held the post of Minister of National Health and Welfare in the well formed by Trudeau 20 Government of Canada, as well as in the subsequent by John Turner on 30 June to September 16, 1984 23 led government.

During her tenure as Minister of National Health and Welfare, she joined particularly for the rights of women, the elderly, indigenous peoples and children and created in particular by a Health Act ( Canada Health Act ) and the tax benefit of children (Child Tax Credit ) Progress policy the benefit of the Canadian population.

Then they took over in 1986 a professor of sociology and women's studies at the joint chair of the University of Ottawa and Carleton University and taught at there until her retirement in 1997. During this time she was also a 1990-1997 Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa and between 1993 and 1995, together with Gerald Caplan co- chairman of the Royal Commission of Education of Ottawa.

For recognition of their achievements as a politician and university teacher was Monique Bégin, who is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, appointed on 23 October 1997 Officer of the Order of Canada. Most recently, she was involved as Treasurer of the International Centre for Migration and Health and Development ( ICMHD ) in Geneva.