Herb Breau

Herb Breau PC ( born December 5, 1944 in skin Sheila, New Brunswick ) is a Canadian business leaders and politicians of the Liberal Party of Canada, which was more than 16 years member of the lower house and briefly Prime Minister.

Life

After schooling Breau holds a degree in Economics, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce ( B.Sc.C. ), and then worked as a business manager.

Already with 24 years Breau became the deputies elected in the general election on 25 June 1968 in the House of Commons and represented in this more than 16 years until his election defeat in the general election on September 4, 1984 constituency Gloucester. During his membership of Parliament, he served as from 17 February to September 1, 1972 Vice - Chairman of the Standing House of Commons Committee on Regional Development.

On 22 December 1972 he recorded his first government post and was until December 21, 1973 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce. Later he was between 1 January and May 9, 1974 First Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, and then Parliamentary until September 14, 1975 Secretary of the Foreign Minister. Later he was between 12 October 1976 and October 17, 1977 Vice - Chairman of the Standing House of Commons Committee on Finance, Trade and Economic Affairs. In the period from 14 April 1980 to November 30, 1983 Breau served both as Chairman of the House of Commons Special Committee on North -South relations as well as the Special Committee on tax agreements between the federal government and the provinces.

Prime Minister John Turner appointed him on 30 June 1984 as Minister of Fisheries and Oceans in the 23 Canadian Cabinet, where he remained until the end of Turner 's brief tenure on September 16, 1984.

After retiring from government and the House of Commons, he worked in the private sector and among other things, in the 1990s a member of the Supervisory Board of the International Development Research Centre ( IDRC ) and Manager at Syscan International, whose managing Chief Executive Officer ( CEO) he 2000-2001 had.