Paul Joseph James Martin
Paul Joseph James Martin PC CC QC (* 23. June 1903 in Ottawa , Ontario ; † 14. September 1992 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party , the province of Ontario for almost forty years until the House and then the Senate represented had, and also long-term Federal Minister in various departments.
Life
MP and Minister
After attending school, Martin completed his studies and graduated with a Master of Arts . He completed another postgraduate study of law with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) and then worked as a lawyer and barrister .
Martin began his political career in the election of October 14, 1935 when 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 Essex East until he resigned on April 20, 1968 .
During his long membership in parliament, he was first Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labor between May 1943 and April 1945 and then from April 1946 to December 1946 State Secretary for Canada in the 16th Federal Government headed by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King . After a government reshuffle, King made him Minister of National Health and Welfare in December 1946. At the same time he was also chairman of the House of Commons special committee for prices between December 1947 and June 1948.
He also held the office of Minister for National Health and Welfare in the subsequent 17th Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Louis Saint-Laurent , from November 1948 to June 1957. During this time, in August 1950, he was also acting Minister of Labor for a few days.
Unsuccessful candidacies for the presidency of the Liberals
In January 1958 he applied for the successor of Saint-Laurent as party leader of the Liberal Party, but was defeated by Lester Pearson , the longtime foreign minister and then leader of the opposition in the lower house.
In April 1963 Martin was appointed foreign minister by Prime Minister Lester Pearson to the 19th federal government led by this and held the office of minister until the end of Pearson's term in April 1968. After Pearson's resignation as party chairman, he ran again in early April 1968 for the office of the chairman of the Liberal Party. This time, however, he had to admit defeat to Pierre Trudeau , the previous Minister of Justice in Pearson's cabinet.
Senator and High Commissioner
On April 20, 1968, he was appointed Senator for Ontario on the proposal of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and represented the Windsor-Walkerville Senate District until October 30, 1974 . He was also in the group formed by Trudeau 20 federal government from April 1968 to March 1969, first minister without portfolio and then from April 1969 to August 1974 leader of the Liberal government majority faction in the Senate.
In addition, Martin was Chancellor of Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) in Waterloo (Ontario) between 1972 and 1977 .
He resigned as majority leader on August 8, 1975 after being appointed High Commissioner in the United Kingdom . After he had resigned his Senate mandate on October 30, 1974, he officially took up the post of High Commissioner in London on January 1, 1975 and held this position until 1979.
In 1976 he was named Companion of the Order of Canada . In addition to his appointment as High Commissioner, this recognized his decades of service to Canada at home and abroad. He also received honorary doctorates in law (Hon. LL.D.), civil law (Hon. DCL) and humanities (Hon. D. Humanities).
Paul Joseph James Martin was the father of Paul Martin , who was Treasury Secretary for several years and Prime Minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006.
Publications
- A lifetime of public service: a brief biographical sketch of Mackenzie King , 1945
- Labor's post-war world , 1945
- Canada reviews old age security , 1950
- Canada and the quest for peace , 1967
- Paul Martin speaks for Canada: a selection of speeches on foreign policy, 1964-67 , 1967
- Federalism and international relations , 1968
- Fédéralisme et relationsé internationales , 1968
- The Senate of Canada: its record and future challenge: speeches , co-authored by Earl A. Hastings, 1969
- Comments on the role of the Senate in the last session , 1969
- A very public life , 2 volumes, 1983
- Paul Martin: the London diaries, 1975-1979 , edited by William R. Young, 1988
- Citizenship and the people's world: the Canadian Citizenship Act of 1946 , 1992
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martin, Paul Joseph James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian politician and ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ottawa , Ontario |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 1992 |