Warren Allmand

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William Warren Allmand PC OC QC (born September 19, 1932 in Montreal , Québec ; † December 7, 2016 ibid) was a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada , who was a member of the House of Commons for over 31 years and was temporarily a minister.

Life

After attending school, Allmand completed a law degree , which he initially completed with a Bachelor of Civil Laws (BCL) and later with a Doctor of Laws (LL.D.). After completing his studies, he worked as a lawyer , barrister and solicitor .

In the general election of November 8, 1965 , Allmand was elected as a candidate of the Liberal Party for the first time as a member of the lower house, and after eight re-elections he represented the constituency of Notre-Dame for more than 31 years until he resigned on February 24, 1997. de-Grâce or, in the meantime, from the general election of September 4, 1984 to the election of November 21, 1988, the constituency of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce / Lachine East . At the beginning of his long parliamentary career, between January 1966 and April 1968 he was Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee on Housing, Urban Development and Public Works.

On November 27, 1972, Allmand was appointed Solicitor General to the 20th Cabinet of Canada by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau . He held this position until a government reshuffle on September 14, 1976 and then took over the office of Minister for Indian Affairs and Northern Development until September 15, 1977. Most recently he was Minister for Consumer and Corporate Affairs from September 16, 1977 to June 3, 1979.

In 1980 he was not reappointed by Prime Minister Trudeau to the 22nd Government of Canada , but instead acted as chairman of the Standing Committee on Labor, Labor and Immigration from April 1980 to July 1984 and, at the same time, from April 1980 to November 1983 as chairman of the special committee of the lower house for job opportunities for the 1980s. After the Liberal Party's defeat in the general election in 1984 , Allmand became opposition spokesman for employment in October 1984 and then for arms control and disarmament as well as official languages ​​from 1990 to 1992, before he was last spokesman for the opposition faction of the Liberal Party for Immigration from 1992 to 1993 .

Most recently, between January 1994 and February 1996, he was Chairman of the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. At the same time, from January 1994 to February 1996, he was Vice-Chairman of the Canadian Parliament's Joint Committee on Official Languages. On February 24, 1997, he stepped down from the House of Commons and became President of the International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development.

Due to his decades of service as a politician and lawyer for human rights and the development of democracy, he was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada on April 27, 2000 . As Allmand has been a member of the Montreal City Council since 2005 .

Publications

  • Is there a future for progressive policies in Canada? , Montréal, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, 1997
  • Trading in human rights: the need for human rights sensitivity at the World Trade Organization , Montréal, International Center for Human Rights & Democratic Development, 1999
  • Troquer ou respecter les droits humains? Pour une Organization mondiale du commerce soucieuse des droits humains , Montréal, Center international des droits de la personne et du développement démocratique, 1999

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Warren Allmand, MP, Counselor, Human Rights Advocate, Has Died . CTV News Channel , December 9, 2016, accessed December 11, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Allmand, Warren
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allmand, William Warren (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Quebec
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 2016
Place of death Montreal , Quebec