Serge Joyal

Serge Joyal PC OC OQ ( born February 1, 1945 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada, the was ten years member of the lower house and temporarily Secretary of State for Canada and is a member of the Senate since 1997.

Life

Lawyer and Member of Parliament House of Commons

After schooling Joyal studied at the University of Montreal, which he finished with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). Another study of law at the University of Montreal, he graduated with a Licenciate of Laws ( LL.L. ) ​​and later a Master of Laws ( LL.M.). He also holds a Diplôme d' Etudes Supérieures Européennes (DES) at the University of Strasbourg and worked as a lawyer after 1969.

In the Lower House elections of July 8, 1974 Joyal was elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party for the first time to the MPs in the House of Commons and represented in this until his election defeat in the general election on September 4, 1984, Maisonneuve - Rosemont constituency. At the beginning of his membership in the House he was from September 30 1974 to October 12, 1976 Vice - Chairman of the Standing House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts.

On 1 October 1980 he took over his first government post as Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury and was then on 22 September 1981 to September 29, 1982 Minister of State without portfolio. In addition, Joyal was on April 14, 1980 to November 30, 1983 Co - Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Parliament of Canada for the Canadian Constitution.

Secretary of State for Canada and Senator

Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed him on September 30, 1982 Secretary of State for Canada in the 22 Canadian Cabinet. This function Joyal held between 30 June and 16 September 1984, in the formed of Trudeau's successor, John Turner 23 Government of Canada.

After retiring from government and the House of Commons he resumed his activities as a lawyer. For his long-standing political merits as well as its commitment to art and cultural heritage, he was appointed on 14 November 1996 Officer of the Order of Canada.

On 26 November 1997 Joyal was on the recommendation of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien member of the Senate and believes in this since the Senate District Kennebec.

The Senate, he is acting as a Senator belonging expected to reach the constitutional age limit of 75 years on 1 February 2020.

During his Senate membership Joyal was of 4 October 2004 to 30 December 2009 Chairman of the Standing Senate Committee on Conflicts of interest of senators and since March 3, 2010, both Vice - Chairman of the Standing Senate Committee on Conflicts of interest of senators as well as the Special Committee against terrorism.

Publications

  • Action Montréal, co-editor Jean -Claude Marsan, Montreal 1978
  • Legal, constitutional and political imperative to Senate reform, Ottawa 2000
  • Protéger la canadienne démocratie: le Senate en vérité, Montreal 2003
  • France, Canada, Quebec: 400 ans de relations d'exception, co-editor Paul -André Linteau, Montreal 2008
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