Jean Marchand
Jean Marchand PC CC ( born December 20, 1918 in Champlain, Quebec; † 28 August 1988) was a Canadian trade union official and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada, the total of almost 18 years, Member of the House and a member of the Senate and several times as well as between 1980 and 1983 as Speaker of the Senate was President of the Senate.
Life
Marchand began after visiting the Académie Saint -Joseph in 1938 to study at the Faculty of previously founded by Georges- Henri Lévesque short for Social Sciences of the University of Laval. After completing his studies, he became in 1947 Secretary General of the Confederation of Catholic Workers ( Confédération des travailleurs Catholiques du Canada ) and organized for this 1949 strike in Asbestos. During this time, his acquaintance with the former journalist and later politicians Pierre Trudeau and Gérard Pelletier was born. Last Marchand was 1961-1964 President of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux. After that, he was 1964-1965 Member of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, a commission of inquiry to take account of cultural and linguistic differences between Anglophone and Francophone Canadians.
In the general election on November 8, 1965 Marchand was first elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party to the deputies in the lower house, where he initially the constituency Quebec West and then since the election of 25 June 1968 until his mandate waiver on 9 December 1976 the constituency Langelier.
On December 18, 1965 Marchand was appointed by Prime Minister Lester Pearson as Minister of Citizenship and Immigration in the 19 Government of Canada and took over this after a clean slate of ministries on October 1, 1966, the Office of the Minister of Manpower and Immigration, to which he held at the end of Pearson's term of office on 19 April 1968.
Pearson's successor as Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau, then appointed him on 20 April 1968 Secretary of State for Canada in the 20th Cabinet of Canada. He remained in this function until July 5, 1968, kept at the same time continue his office as Minister of Manpower and Immigration. After a cabinet reshuffle, he was Minister of Forestry and Rural Development and then from April 1, 1969 to November 26, 1972 Minister of Regional Economic Expansion, before it was then up to the September 25, 1975 Minister of Transport. Then Marchand was minister without portfolio, and finally since a recent government reshuffle on January 22, 1976 Minister of the Environment. From this ministerial office he resigned in protest against the government's handling of the strike of air traffic controllers on June 30, 1976.
After retiring from the House of Commons he was on 9 December 1976, on a proposal by Prime Minister Trudeau member of the Senate and represented in this until his resignation on December 15, 1983 Senate District De la Vallière. During this time he was between 18 October 1977 to the October 10, 1978 Co - Chairman of the Joint Special Committee of the Canadian Parliament for the National Capital Region. During his Senate membership he was last March 4, 1980 as the successor of Allister Grosart also Speaker of the Senate, and thus President of the Senate. At the same time he was between 14 April 1980 and November 30th 1983 also Co - Chairman of the Joint Standing Committees on the Library of Parliament and the restaurant. The office of Senate speaker he held until his retirement from the Senate on December 15, 1983. Successor was then Maurice Riel.
Reason for his resignation as a member of the Senate was his impending appointment as President of the Transport Commission (Canadian Transport Commission ). This office he held until his death on 28 August 1988.
For his many years of service as a union official and politician Marchand was appointed on 23 June 1986 Companion of the Order of Canada.