René Tremblay

René Tremblay PC (born November 12, 1922 in Luceville , Québec , † January 22, 1968 ) was a Canadian economist , university professor and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada , who was a member of the House of Commons and Minister for a few years .

Life

After attending school, Tremblay completed a course of study, which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He then completed a degree in economics with a licentiate degree (Lic.Sc.Econ.) And then taught as a professor of economics.

In the general election of April 8, 1963 , he was elected as a candidate for the Liberal Party as a member of the lower house and represented the constituency of Matapédia-Matane until his death .

On April 22, 1963 Tremblay was of Prime Minister Lester Pearson as minister without portfolio in the 19 Canadian Cabinet appointed and was there for a reshuffle of 3 February 1964 to 14 February 1965 Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, before he subsequently on 15 February 1965 became Postmaster General . He resigned from this office on December 17, 1965 after the conservative opposition had wrongly accused him and the then Secretary of State for Canada, Maurice Lamontagne , of being involved in the so-called "furniture scandal" in the wake of the bankruptcy of the Selkind Brothers company in Montreal be. Prime Minister Pearson accepted the resignation with regret as the political standing was practically destroyed.

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