Marc Lalonde
Marc Lalonde | |
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Minister of Finance | |
In office September 10, 1982 – September 16, 1984 | |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Minister of National Health and Welfare |
In office November 27, 1972 – September 15, 1977 | |
Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
Preceded by | John Munro |
Succeeded by | Monique Bégin |
Member of Parliament for Outremont | |
In office October 30, 1972 – September 3, 1984 | |
Preceded by | Aurélien Noël |
Succeeded by | Lucie Pépin |
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
In office 1968–1972 | |
Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
Preceded by | John Hodgson |
Succeeded by | Martin O'Connell |
Personal details | |
Born | L'Île-Perrot, Quebec, Canada | July 26, 1929
Died | May 6, 2023 Montreal | (aged 93)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Claire Tétreau |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | |
Profession | Lawyer |
Marc Lalonde
Early life
Lalonde was born in
In 1959, he worked in Ottawa as a special adviser to Progressive Conservative Justice Minister Davie Fulton. He went to Montreal to practise law until 1967 when he returned to Ottawa to work as an adviser in the Prime Minister's Office under Liberal Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Lalonde remained when Pierre Trudeau became Prime Minister of Canada in 1968, serving as Principal Secretary.[3] In this role during the 1970 October crisis he negotiated with Quebec premier Robert Bourassa and Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau to request the enactment of the War Measures Act in order to show that the enactment had the support of the Quebec and Montreal governments.[4]
Political career
At Trudeau's urging, he ran for a seat in the
A staunch
Lalonde served as
Lalonde was appointed
When Trudeau resigned, Lalonde endorsed John Turner in the 1984 Liberal leadership convention[12] and continued as finance minister after Turner succeeded Trudeau as prime minister in 1984, but did not run in the 1984 election which saw the Liberals suffer a landslide loss to the Progressive Conservatives.
After politics
In 1989, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2004, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.[13]
In the 1990s, he served as an ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice, and has also represented Canada in various trade disputes. He was a practising lawyer with the firm of Stikeman Elliott LLP in Montreal until his retirement in 2006.[14]
Lalonde returned to the political arena in 2005 when Prime Minister
Lalonde appeared before the House of Commons of Canada's Ethics Committee in November 2008 along with client Karlheinz Schreiber, who was being questioned in regard to the Airbus affair involving former PM Brian Mulroney.[15]
Lalonde died on May 6, 2023, at age 93.[16][17]
Archives
There is a Marc Lalonde fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[18]
See also
- A new perspective on the health of Canadians, best known as the "Lalonde report"
- Canadian Football Act
References
- ^ "The Honourable Marc Lalonde". CMHF. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- PMC 7150308.
- ^ a b "Pierre Trudeau's right hand man Marc Lalonde has died at 93". montrealgazette. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- ^ Freeman, Alan (May 12, 2024). "Trudeau adviser Marc Lalonde was at the heart of Canadian politics in times of crisis". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
So Mr. Trudeau turned to his trusted adviser and principal secretary, Marc Lalonde, and gave him the job of negotiating with Mr. Bourassa and Mr. Drapeau
- ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Politique- (May 7, 2023). "L'ancien ministre libéral fédéral Marc Lalonde est décédé". Radio-Canada.ca. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- ^ "Marc Lalonde | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- S2CID 261310699.
- ^ MacEachen, Allan J. (October 28, 1980), Budget 1980 (PDF), Ottawa, ON, archived from the original (PDF) on August 20, 2015, retrieved January 27, 2015
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- ^ Gerson, Jen (September 14, 2012), "A legacy rich as oil: Ex-Alberta premier Peter Lougheed's ideas imprinted on party still in power 41 years later", National Post, retrieved February 3, 2015
- ^ "Finance Minister Marc Lalonde says the federal deficit may... - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- OCLC 762397337.
- ^ Office, Prime Minister's. "Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the passing of the Honourable Marc Lalonde". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- ^ "Marc Lalonde". Centre for International Governance Innovation. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- ^ "Mulroney-Schreiber inquiry steers clear of 'Airbus affair' on first day". CBC News. March 30, 2009. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- ^ "Lalonde, L'honorable Marc, CP, OC, CR". La Presse. May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "Pierre Trudeau's right hand man Marc Lalonde has died at 93". montrealgazette. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ "Marc Lalonde fonds, Library and Archives Canada". July 20, 2017.