Guy Favreau

Guy Favreau PC QC (born May 20, 1917 in Montreal , Québec ; † July 11, 1967 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada , who for several years was a member of the House of Commons and minister and most recently assistant judge ( Puisne Judge ) on the supreme Court of Quebec ( Quebec Superior Court ) was.

Life

After attending school, Favreau completed a degree from which he received a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He completed another law degree in 1940 with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) at the University of Montreal and, after being admitted to the bar in 1942, began working as a lawyer in Montreal. In 1955 he became a university lecturer in civil law at the University of Ottawa before setting up his own law firm in Montreal in 1960 as a lawyer .

In the general election on April 8, 1963 , he was elected as a candidate for the Liberal Party for the first time as a member of the House of Commons and represented the constituency of Papineau until he resigned on April 5, 1967 .

On April 22, 1963, Favreau was appointed to the 19th Canadian Cabinet by Prime Minister Lester Pearson , where he initially held the post of Minister for Citizenship and Immigration until February 2, 1964, before becoming Minister for Citizenship and Immigration between February 3, 1964 and May 29, 1963 June 1965 was Minister of Justice and Attorney General. At the same time he acted from February 18 to October 29, 1964 as chairman of the parliamentary group of the Liberal Party and was in the position also leader of the government majority in the lower house ( Leader of the Government in the House of Commons ).

On July 7, 1965, he was appointed President of the Privy Council in Pearson's cabinet and held this office until his resignation on April 3, 1967. At the same time, between October 1, 1966 and April 3, 1967, he also held the position of head of the Cabinet office ( Registrar General of Canada ).

After leaving the government and the House of Commons, Favreau was on April 17, 1967 Associate Judge ( Puisne Judge ) at the Supreme Court of Quebec ( Quebec Superior Court ), but died a few weeks later.

The Guy-Favreau Complex , a federal government building complex on Boulevard René-Lévesque in Montreal's Chinatown, was named in his honor .

Web links

• Entry on Parliament's homepage