Jean Marchand

Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
In office December 18, 1965 – September 30, 1966
Prime Minister	Lester B. Pearson
Preceded by	John Robert Nicholson
Succeeded by	Office Abolished
Senator for De la Vallière, Quebec
In office December 9, 1976 – December 15, 1983
Appointed by	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Romuald Bourque
Succeeded by	Pierre de Bané
Member of Parliament for Langelier
In office June 25, 1968 – October 25, 1976
Preceded by	Riding created
Succeeded by	Gilles Lamontagne
Member of Parliament for Quebec West
In office November 8, 1965 – June 24, 1968
Preceded by	Lucien Plourde
Succeeded by	Riding dissolved
Personal details
Born	(1918-12-20)December 20, 1918 Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Georgette Guertin ​ (m. 1942)​
Alma mater	Université Laval
Occupation	Unionist
Signature

Jean Marchand

, Canada.

Life and career

During the 1949

, but disagreements scuttled a run that year.

In the

Manpower and Immigration

by Prime Minister Pearson.

After

Vive le Québec Libre

", the Cabinet met to decide the response. The French-speaking ministers, led by Jean Marchand, wanted Prime Minister Pearson to tell de Gaulle to go home. The English-speaking ministers, on the other hand, did not want to go that far: a public rebuke was sufficient.

When Pearson retired in 1968, Marchand was seen as the most likely and strongest Quebec candidate to replace him as Liberal leader and Prime Minister. However, he declined, claiming that his English was not good enough. It then fell upon Trudeau to make a credible run by a French Canadian for the leadership of the Liberal party. Trudeau won the Liberal leadership and the 1968 federal election.

Under Trudeau he held many senior

in 1976.

In October 1976, he resigned his

of the PQ in an election that resulted in the Parti Québécois forming its first government.

One month after his defeat, Marchand was appointed to the Senate by Trudeau and became Speaker of the Senate of Canada in 1980. He resigned from the upper house in December 1983 in order to accept an appointment as president of the Canadian Transport Commission. Marchand was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1986.

v t e 1965 Canadian federal election: Quebec West
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jean Marchand	10,669
	Ralliement créditiste	Lucien Plourde	9,820
	Progressive Conservative	Jacques Lavoie	3,454
	New Democratic	Jean-Paul Bérubé	1,222
	Ouvrier indépendent	Adélard Patry	298

External links

• Jean Marchand – Parliament of Canada biography
• Order of Canada Citation
• Jean Marchand fonds, Library and Archives Canada.