Eymard Georges Corbin (born August 2, 1934 in

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) is a

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retired

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. Corbin, a teacher and journalist by profession, was first elected to the

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in the 1968 election as the

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for

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. He served as a parliamentary secretary in the early 1970s, Minister of Fisheries and Forestry from October 1, 1970 to June 10, 1971, and Deputy

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in 1984. In July 1984, he was one of three appointees to the

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made by

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as part of a controversial agreement with his predecessor,

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. Turner had agreed to make several patronage appointments on Trudeau's behalf in order to prevent Trudeau from creating enough vacancies in the House of Commons to leave Turner with a

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. Turner was famously blasted for the arrangement by Progressive Conservative leader

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during a nationally televised leaders' debate during the 1984 election. The exchange between Mulroney and Turner in which Turner claimed he "had no option" was a turning point in the campaign, and contributed to the defeat of Turner's government in the election. Corbin was the last remaining Turner appointee in the Senate when he retired on August 2, 2009.

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