The Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians (CAFP) is a non-profit organization, established by an Act of the Parliament of Canada, the membership of which is composed of former members of the Senate or House of Commons of Canada.

History

On May 29, 1996, legislation establishing the Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians was adopted. Concurrently, thirty-four bronze plaques, representing the thirty-four parliaments to that time, and containing the names of all persons who had served in the Senate and House of Commons to that time, were unveiled in the Visitors Centre of the House of Commons. J. Barry Turner,
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The Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians
Retrieved 2011-01-12. The association was created in response to a 1985 recommendation of a Special Committee on Reform of The House of Commons, chaired by James McGrath. It is modeled after the

United States Association of Former Members of Congress FMC, the Association of Former Members of Congress is a non-partisan, non-profit organization of over 800 Former Members of the United States Congress. History The United States Association of Former Members of Congress was founded in 1970 as an ...

, founded in 1970. Among its other activities, the association has established an Educational Foundation with, among other objectives, to "generally support the strengthening of democracy and good governance in Canada and abroad." The association is also a participant in the International Election Monitors Institute, providing "former legislators as election observers to operate worldwide in collaboration with other democracy-building organizations."

Awards

Distinguished Service Award

The association sponsors an annual Distinguished Service Award, "presented annually to a former parliamentarian who has made an outstanding contribution to the country and its democratic institutions" but might go otherwise unnoticed or forgotten despite their contributions. The criteria for this award were established by

John Fraser John Fraser may refer to: Politics *John Simon Frederick Fraser (1765–1803), commanded the Fraser Fencibles in Ireland and was (M.P.) for Inverness-shire *John James Fraser (1829–1896), 5th Premier of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, 18 ...

, Bob Rae, and Mitchell Sharp. Distinguished Service Award
, Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians. Retrieved 2018-10-02. Past recipients: *

John Matheson John Ross Matheson, (November 14, 1917 – December 27, 2013) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and judge who helped develop both the national flag of Canada and the Order of Canada. Early life John Matheson was born in Arundel, Quebec, t ...

(1999) * Stan Darling (2000) * Douglas Fisher (2001) * John M. Reid (2002) * Aideen Nicholson (2003) * Bruce Halliday (2004) * Joseph-Roland Comtois (2005) *

Wilton Littlechild J. Wilton Littlechild (born 1944), known as Willie Littlechild, is a Canadian lawyer and Cree chief who was Grand Chief of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations and a member of Parliament. A residential school survivor, he is known for ...

(2006) * Jacques Hébert (2007) *

Sheila Finestone Sheila Abbey Finestone, (January 28, 1927 – June 8, 2009) was a Canadian Member of Parliament and Senator. Early life Born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Minnie Cummings Abbey and Monroe Abbey. Her father was a president of the Ca ...

(2008) *

Douglas Roche Douglas James Roche, OC, KCSG (born June 14, 1929) is a Canadian author, parliamentarian, diplomat and peace activist. Roche served as Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton—Strathcona from 1972 to 1979 and for Edmo ...

(2009) *

Keith Penner B. Keith Penner (born May 1, 1933) is a Canadian public official and former politician. He is best known for having chaired a House of Commons committee on Indian self-government in the early 1980s, and for the report of the committee known as th ...

(2010) *

Jim Hawkes Frederick James Hawkes (June 21, 1934 – May 9, 2019) was a Canadian politician. He was Member of Parliament for Calgary West from 1979 until 1993. Early life and education Hawkes was born in Calgary, Alberta. He studied at Sir George William ...

(2011) *

Walter McLean Walter Franklin McLean, (born April 26, 1936) is a former Canadian politician. Born in Leamington, Ontario, he grew up in Victoria British Columbia, the son of James Walter Lewis McLean (1905–1998), a Presbyterian minister, and Frances D. Bla ...

(2012) *

Bill Blaikie William Alexander Blaikie (June 19, 1951 – September 24, 2022) was a Canadian politician. He served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2008, representing Elmwood—Transcona and its antecedent ridings in the House of Commons of Canad ...

(2013) * Michael Kirby (2014) * David MacDonald (2015) *

Jack Murta Jack Burnett Murta, (born May 13, 1943) is a former Canadian politician. Born in Carman, Manitoba, the son of John James Murta and Jean (Burnett) Murta, he graduated from the Diploma course in Agriculture at the University of Manitoba in 1964. ...

(2016) *

Bryon Wilfert Bryon J. Wilfert (born July 14, 1952) is a former Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2011 who represented the GTA riding of Richmond Hill until his defeat during the 2011 federal ele ...

(2017) *

Don Boudria Donald Boudria, (born August 30, 1949) is a former Canadian politician. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1984 to 2005 as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Jean Chrétien. M ...

(2018) * Marlene Catterall (2019)

Lifetime Achievement Award

The association periodically gives out a Lifetime Achievement Award to honour former parliamentarians for exceptional public service.Lifetime Achievement Award
, Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians. Retrieved 2018-10-02. Past recipients: *

Don Mazankowski Donald Frank Mazankowski (July 27, 1935 – October 27, 2020) was a Canadian politician who served as a cabinet minister under prime ministers Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney, including as deputy prime minister under Mulroney. After retiring fro ...

(2010) *

Ed Lumley Edward C. Lumley, (born October 27, 1939) is a Canadian corporate executive and former politician. Born in Windsor, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1961 from Assumption University (predecessor of the University of Windsor ...

(2011) * Alexa McDonough (2012) * Michael Wilson (2014) * Bob Rae (2018) *

Jean Charest John James "Jean" Charest (; born June 24, 1958) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 29th premier of Quebec from 2003 to 2012 and the fifth deputy prime minister of Canada in 1993. Charest was elected to the House o ...

(2019)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Canadian Association Of Former Parliamentarians Clubs and societies in Canada Organizations established in 1996