Jean Marchand (politician)
Jean Marchand PC CC (* 20th December 1918 in Champlain , Quebec ; † 28. August 1988 ) was a Canadian union functionary and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada , the total of almost 18 years, member of the House of Commons and Member of the Senate and multiply, and between 1980 and 1983 was President of the Senate as Speaker of the Senate .
Life
Marchand began in 1938 to study at the recently by after visiting the Académie Saint-Joseph Georges-Henri Lévesque founded the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Laval . After completing his studies, he became Secretary General of the Confederation of Catholic Workers (Confédération des travailleurs catholiques du Canada) in 1947 and organized the strike in Asbestos for them in 1949 . During this time he became acquainted with the journalists and later politicians Pierre Trudeau and Gérard Pelletier . Most recently Marchand was President of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux from 1961 to 1964 . He then served from 1964 to 1965 a 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 elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party for the first time as a member of the lower house, in which he first elected the constituency of Québec West and then from the election of June 25, 1968 until he resigned on December 9, 1976 the constituency of Langelier . On December 18, 1965, Marchand was appointed Minister for Citizenship and Immigration to the 19th Government of Canada by Prime Minister Lester Pearson and, after redesigning the portfolios, took over the post of Minister for Labor and Immigration on October 1, 1966, which he held until at the end of Pearson's tenure on April 19, 1968.
Pearson's successor as Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau , then named him Secretary of State for Canada in Canada's 20th Cabinet on April 20, 1968 . He held this position until July 5, 1968 and at the same time retained his office as Minister for Labor and Immigration. After a government reshuffle, he became Minister for Forestry and Rural Development and then Minister for Regional Economic Expansion from April 1, 1969 to November 26, 1972, before becoming Minister of Transport until September 25, 1975. Then Marchand was Minister without Portfolio and finally, since a new government reshuffle on January 22, 1976, Environment Minister. He resigned from this ministerial office on June 30, 1976 in protest against the government's handling of the air traffic controllers' strike .
After leaving the House of Commons, he became a member of the Senate on December 9, 1976 at the proposal of Prime Minister Trudeau and represented the Senate district of De la Vallière until his resignation on December 15, 1983 . During that time, he was between October 18, 1977 and October 10, 1978 co-chair of the Joint Special Committee of the Canadian Parliament for the National Capital Region . During his Senate membership, he was last on March 4, 1980, as successor to Allister Grosart , Speaker of the Senate and thus President of the Senate. At the same time he was between April 14, 1980 and November 30, 1983 also co-chair of the joint standing committees for the library and the restaurant of Parliament. He held the office of Senate Spokesman until he left the Senate on December 15, 1983. He was succeeded by Maurice Riel .
The reason for his resignation as a member of the Senate was his upcoming appointment as President of the Canadian Transport Commission. He held this office until his death on August 28, 1988.
Marchand was named Companion des Order of Canada on June 23, 1986 for his long service as a union official and politician .
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| SURNAME | Marchand, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian union official and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 20, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Champlain , Quebec |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1988 |