Bryce Mackasey
Bryce Mackasey | |
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Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs | |
In office April 8, 1976 – September 13, 1976 | |
Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
Preceded by | André Ouellet |
Succeeded by | Tony Abbott |
Postmaster General of Canada | |
In office August 8, 1974 – September 13, 1976 | |
Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
Preceded by | André Ouellet |
Succeeded by | Jean-Jacques Blais |
Minister of Manpower and Immigration | |
In office January 28, 1972 – November 26, 1972 | |
Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
Preceded by | Otto Lang |
Succeeded by | Bob Andras |
Minister of Labour | |
In office July 5, 1968 – January 27, 1972 | |
Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
Preceded by | Jean-Luc Pépin |
Succeeded by | Martin O'Connell |
Minister without portfolio | |
In office February 9, 1968 – July 4, 1968 | |
Prime Minister | Lester B. Pearson Pierre Trudeau |
Member of Parliament forLincoln | |
In office February 18, 1980 – September 3, 1984 | |
Preceded by | Ken Higson |
Succeeded by | Shirley Martin |
Member of theNational Assembly of QuebecforNotre-Dame-de-Grâce | |
In office November 15, 1976 – April 25, 1978 | |
Preceded by | William Tetley |
Succeeded by | Reed Scowen |
Member of Parliament forVerdun | |
In office June 18, 1962 – October 27, 1976 | |
Preceded by | Ken Higson |
Succeeded by | Shirley Martin |
Personal details | |
Born | Bryce Stuart Mackasey August 25, 1921 Quebec City,Quebec,Canada |
Died | September 5, 1999 Verdun,Quebec, Canada | (aged 78)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse |
Margaret Cecilia O’Malley
(m.1942) |
Children | 4 |
Education | |
Profession |
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Bryce Stuart MackaseyPC(August 25, 1921 – September 5, 1999) was a Canadian politician and diplomat. He served as twice aMember of Parliament,as aMember of the National Assembly of Quebec,and as ambassador toPortugal.
Career
[edit]Born inQuebec City,Quebec,Mackasey was elected as aLiberalcandidate in the riding ofVerdunin the1962 federal election.He was re-elected in the1963,1965,1968,1972,and1974 elections.He resigned in 1976 to run in theQuebec provincial electionthat year, and was elected to theQuebec National Assemblyfor the riding ofNotre-Dame-de-Grâce.He resigned in 1978 to run in a federal by-election in the riding ofOttawa Centre,but was defeated. From 1978 to 1979, he served briefly as President ofAir Canada.He was re-elected in the riding ofLincolnin the1980 election.
Mackasey held numerous ministerial positions including Labour, Manpower and Immigration, Secretary of State,Postmaster General of Canadaand Consumer and Corporate Affairs.
Controversy
[edit]When Mackasey left office in 1984Prime MinisterJohn Turnerappointed him Ambassador to Portugal; this led toConservativeleaderBrian Mulroney's famous comment about patronage, "There's no whore like an old whore".[1]Mulroney canceled the appointment shortly after he was elected and appointed former Speaker of the HouseLloyd Francisin Mackasey's place.
Awards
[edit]In 1970, Mackasey received an honorary doctorate fromSir George Williams University,which later becameConcordia University.[2]
References
[edit]- ^"Off-the-record chats can go off the rails".The Globe and Mail.2005-12-16. p. A9.
- ^"Honorary Degree Citation - Bryce Mackasey* | Concordia University Archives".archives.concordia.ca.Retrieved2016-03-30.
External links
[edit]- Bryce Mackasey – Parliament of Canada biography
- "Biography".Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours(in French).National Assembly of Quebec.
- 1921 births
- 1999 deaths
- Ambassadors of Canada to Portugal
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
- Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
- Politicians from Quebec City
- Postmasters General of Canada
- Quebec Liberal Party MNAs