Bryce Stuart Mackasey, (August 25, 1921 – September 5, 1999) was a
Canadian
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Member of Parliament
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,
Cabinet minister
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, and Ambassador to
Portugal
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.
Born in
Quebec City
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,
Quebec
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, he was elected as a
Liberal
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candidate in the riding of
Verdun
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in the
1962 federal election. He was re-elected in the
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...
,
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...
,
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Januar ...
,
1972
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, and
1974 elections. He resigned in 1976 to run in the
Quebec provincial election that year, and was elected to the
Quebec National Assembly
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for the riding of
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
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. He resigned in 1978 to run in a federal by-election in the riding of
Ottawa Centre
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, but was defeated. From 1978 to 1979, he served briefly as President of
Air Canada
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. He was re-elected in the riding of
Lincoln
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in the
1980 election.
He held numerous ministerial positions including Labour, Manpower and Immigration, Secretary of State,
Postmaster General of Canada {{Short description, Former Canadian cabinet minister
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and Consumer and Corporate Affairs.
When Mackasey left office in 1984
Prime Minister
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John Turner
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appointed him Ambassador to Portugal; this led to
Conservative
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leader
Brian Mulroney
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Born in the eastern Quebec city of Baie-Comeau, Mulroney studied political sci ...
's famous comment about patronage, "There's no whore like an old whore". Mulroney canceled the appointment shortly after he was elected and appointed former Speaker of the House
Lloyd Francis
Cyril Lloyd Francis (March 19, 1920 – January 20, 2007) was a Canadian politician and one time Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada.
Biography
Following service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, Francis earned a Mas ...
in Mackasey's place.
In 1970, he received an honorary doctorate from
Sir George Williams University
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History
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, which later became
Concordia University
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.
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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