Julia LaMarsh

Julia "Judy" Verlyn LaMarsh PC OC QC (born December 20, 1924 in Chatham , Ontario ; † October 27, 1980 in Toronto ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician for the Liberal Party of Canada who was a member of the lower house for several years and was temporarily a minister.

Life

After attending school, Judy LaMarsh completed an undergraduate degree , which she completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). After studying law , she worked as a barrister . On October 31, 1960, she was elected in a by-election in the constituency of Niagara Falls as a member of the Canadian House of Commons and belonged to this until the general election on June 25, 1968 . In the following years she was a member of numerous committees of the lower house.

On April 22, 1963, Judy LaMarsh was appointed Minister for National Health and Welfare to the 19th Cabinet by Prime Minister Lester Pearson and was Minister for Amateur Sports at the same time. As part of a cabinet reshuffle, she took over the post of State Secretary for Canada on December 18, 1965 and resigned from this position on April 9, 1968, because she was unwilling to work in a government formed by Pearson's successor, Pierre Trudeau . As State Secretary for Canada, she was responsible, among other things, for organizing the celebrations for the 100th anniversary on the occasion of the creation of the Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867 .

After the end of their political career, she wrote autobiographical novels and was from 1974 to 1975 also guest host of CBC Radio telecast This Country in the Morning . A few months before her death due to a pancreatic tumor , Judy LaMarsh was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Canada by Governor General Edward Schreyer on June 23, 1980 .

Publications

• Memoirs of a bird in a gilded cage , 1968
• A very political lady: a novel , 1979
• A right honorable lady: a novel , 1980

Web links

• Julia LaMarsh - biographical information on the website of the Canadian Parliament (English)