Jean-Luc Pépin

Jean -Luc Pépin PC CC ( born November 1, 1924 in Drummondville, Quebec; † 5 September 1995) was a Canadian political scientist, university teacher and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada, who was for several years a deputy of the lower house, as well as multiple Minister.

Life

High school teacher and deputy

After schooling Pépin graduated, he with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). Further studies in political science and law, he finished both a Licenciate in Philosophy ( L.Ph. ) and with a Licenciate in Laws ( LL.L. ) ​​and then worked as a professor of political science at the University of Ottawa.

In the general election on 8 April 1963, he was first elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party to the deputies in the lower house and took this up to the general election on 25 June 1968 constituency Drummond - Arthabaska and thereafter until his election defeat in the elections of 30 October. , 1972 the constituency of Drummond. In May 1963 he took his first government post and was until July 1965 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Trade and Industry.

Minister

Subsequently, he was first appointed on 7 July 1965 by Prime Minister Lester Pearson as Minister without Portfolio in the 19th Canadian Cabinet, in which he took over the office of the Minister of Mines and technical review after a cabinet reshuffle on 18 December 1965 before he October 1, 1966, 1968, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources to April 19. As such, he was last from March 30 to April 19 in 1968 Acting Minister of Trade and Industry.

Pearson's successor, Pierre Trudeau appointed Pépin following on April 20, 1968 is the labor minister in the newly formed 20th Canadian cabinet while maintaining the Office of the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources. In a cabinet reshuffle, he was, however, a few months later, on July 6, 1968 Minister of Trade and industry, and at the same time Minister of Industry, 1972 before he was Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce after in a realignment of ministerial portfolios from 1 April 1969 to 26 November.

After losing his parliamentary mandate and his departure from the government Pépin worked for various commissions of inquiry and was initially from 14 October to December 15, 1975 Chairman of the Anti- Inflation Board, and between July 5, 1977, the March 1, 1979 along with John Robarts, former Prime Minister of Ontario, Co - Chairman of the Working group for the unity of Canada, which was founded as a reaction to the 1976 election victory of the Parti Québécois at the provincial level.

For his political merits Pépin was appointed on 11 July 1977 Companion of the Order of Canada.

In the elections on 22 May 1979 he was again elected to the House of Representatives and represented the constituency now Ottawa - Carleton. In the general election on September 4, 1984 Pépin renounced a renewed candidacy.

After the electoral victory of the Liberal Party in the general election on February 18, 1980 Pépin was appointed by Prime Minister Trudeau on 3 March 1980 in the 22 Government of Canada, in the beginning he was Transport Minister. After 1983 he was Minister of State for External Relations Council of 12 August to 6 December, he was on December 7, 1983 as Minister for External Relations back cabinet member and also became Minister for the Francophonie. These two ministerial posts held Pépin until the end of Trudeau's term of office on 29 June 1984.

Subsequently, he was a Fellow of the Institute of Public Policy, University of Ottawa.

Publications

• Le Fédéralisme canadien: mariage de raison ou mariage d' amour, Ottawa 1968
• Political education in Canada, co-editor Jon H. Pammett, Halifax 1988