Leonard Marchand
Leonard "Len" Stephen Marchand PC CM (born November 16, 1933 in Vernon , British Columbia ; † June 3, 2016 in Kamloops , British Columbia) was a Canadian agronomist and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada , who had been an MP for more than 24 years House of Commons and a member of the Senate as well as a brief minister.
Life
After attending school, Marchand first completed a degree in agricultural science, which he completed with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture . A postgraduate course in the subject Finance he finished 1964 at the University of Idaho with a Master of Science in Finance (MSF) with a type on An ecological study of sagebrush in interior British Columbia and then worked as an agronomist.
In the general election on June 25, 1968 Marchand was first elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party deputy to the lower house, where it until the election on 22 May 1979 the constituency Kamloops-Cariboo represented, where he in 1979 in the constituency of Kamloops-Shuswap candidate .
In December 1972 he took over his first government office as Parliamentary Secretary at the Minister for Indian Affairs and Northern Development and held this office with a brief interruption until May 1974, before he was Parliamentary Secretary at the Environment Minister from September 1974 to September 1975. He also served as Chairman of the Standing Committee of Commons on Indian Affairs and Northern Development from September 30, 1974 to October 12, 1976. He later held the office of Minister of State for Small Enterprises between September 14, 1976 and September 15, 1977, and then until April 1, 1979, Minister of State for the Environment.
He was last appointed Environment Minister to the 20th government of Canada by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau on April 2, 1979 , but only held this post for two months until the end of Trudeau's term on June 3, 1979.
On June 29, 1984 Marchand became a member of the Senate on the proposal of the outgoing Prime Minister Trudeau and represented the Senate district of Kamloops-Cariboo until the constitutional age limit of 75 on March 1, 1998 .
During his membership in the Senate, Marchand, who was himself a member of the Okanogan people of British Columbia, was Chairman from April 3, 1989 to September 8, 1993 and then again from February 27, 1996 to April 27, 1997, and intermittently from May 17, 1993 January 1994 to February 2, 1996 Vice-Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Indigenous People.
For his many years of service in politics and especially for the indigenous people of Canada, Marchand became a member of the Order of Canada on April 15, 1999 .
Publications
- An ecological study of sagebrush in interior British Columbia , Thesis (MS) - University of Idaho 1964
- Grassland ranges in the southern interior of British Columbia , co-author Alastair McLean, Ottawa 1968
- Aboriginal electoral reform: a discussion paper , 1993
- Breaking trail , autobiography, co-authored Matt Hughes, Prince George 2000
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry on Parliament's homepage
- Order of Canada
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marchand, Leonard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marchand, Leonard Stephen (full name); Marchand, Len (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vernon , British Columbia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd June 2016 |
| Place of death | Kamloops , British Columbia |