Joseph-Philippe Guay

Joseph-Philippe (Phillippe) Guay PC (born October 4, 1915 in Saint-Vital , Winnipeg , Manitoba ; † July 30, 2001 ) was a Canadian entrepreneur , businessman and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada , who was a member of the House of Commons and a member of the Senate as well as a temporary minister.

Life

After attending school, Guay worked as a businessman and entrepreneur and did five years of military service in the Royal Canadian Navy . He began his political career in local politics when he was a member of the local council of Saint-Boniface from 1955 to 1956 and later from 1960 to 1968 for four terms as mayor of Saint-Boniface.

1957 he was by Pope Pius XII. accepted as a knight in the Order of Gregorius . He was then elected for the first time as a member of the House of Commons in the general election on June 25, 1968 as a candidate of the Liberal Party and represented the constituency of St. Boniface in this until his resignation on March 23, 1978 .

In December 1972 he took over his first government office and was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport until December 1973. Between January and May 1974 he was again Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and later from September 1974 to September 1975 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Regional Economic Expansion.

In October 1975 Guay was Parliamentary Secretary of the faction of the Liberal Party and served as such until 1977 Chief Government Whip in the House, where he simultaneously between November 3, 1976 to April 20, 1977 Minister without Portfolio in the 20th Government of Canada by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau . After he was Minister of State for Multiculturalism from April 21 to September 15, 1977, he was last Minister of National Income between September 16, 1977 and November 23, 1978.

After leaving the House of Commons, Guay became a member of the Senate on March 23, 1978 at the suggestion of Prime Minister Guay. He was a member of this until he reached the constitutional age limit of 75 on October 4, 1990, and during this time he represented the St. Boniface Senate District .

During this time he was among other things from September 30, 1986 to October 1, 1988 co-chair of the Joint Standing Committee of the Parliament of Canada for the official languages.

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