Joseph-Philippe Guay, (October 4, 1915 – July 30, 2001) was a Canadian parliamentarian, serving as a member of the

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. Born in

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, Guay was an alderman and mayor of

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before turning to federal politics. He won the

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Liberal nomination in the buildup to the 1968 federal election over the sitting member, cabinet minister Roger-Joseph Teillet. Guay campaigned on the fact that he, unlike Teillet, had supported

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on every ballot of the

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.The final vote was: Guay 1341, Teillet 1244. See "Liberals' only Prairie MP loses riding nomination", ''Toronto Star'', May 23, 1968, p. 1. The nomination contest is mentioned in Ian Stewart, ''Just One Vote: Jim Walding's nomination to constitutional defeat'', (Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press), 2009, p. 9. He was returned in the general election, and was re-elected in 1972 and 1974. He held numerous parliamentary functions including: Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport (1972–1974), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion (1974–1975),

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(1975–1977), Minister of State (Multiculturalism) (1977), Minister without Portfolio (1976–1977), and

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(1977–1978). In 1978, he was appointed to the

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representing the

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of St. Boniface, Manitoba. He retired on his 75th birthday in 1990. In 1957, he was knighted as a member of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guay, Joseph-Philippe 1915 births 2001 deaths Canadian senators from Manitoba Franco-Manitoban people Liberal Party of Canada MPs Liberal Party of Canada senators Mayors of Saint Boniface, Winnipeg Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada