Yvon Pinard, (born October 10, 1940) is a judge and former
Canadian politician.
Pinard was born the son of Jean-Jacques and Cécile Pinard and was educated at Immaculate Conception School in Drummondville. He then attended the Nicolet Seminary, winning the Lieutenant Governor Onésime Gagnon Medal for Academic Merit, and the
Université de Sherbrooke, winning the Lieutenant Governor Paul Comtois Medal for Academic and Social Merit.
He was called to the bar of Quebec in 1964. He founded the Drummond Caisse d'Entraide Economique, involving himself with that organization as well as politics and hockey.
Pinard was first elected to the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
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in the
1974 election. He was the
Liberal Party's Deputy
Government House Leader from 1977 to 1978. He was
Government House Leader and
President of the Privy Council in the government of
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau ( , ; October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000), also referred to by his initials PET, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada
The prime mini ...
from 1980 until June 1984 when he left politics to accept an appointment to the bench.
He has been a judge on the
Federal Court of Canada and the
Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada since leaving politics in 1984.
He married Renée Chaput in
Richmond, Quebec
Richmond, population 3,232 (2016), is a town nestled amidst rolling farmlands on the Saint-François River between Sherbrooke and Drummondville, in the heart of Estrie in Quebec, Canada.
History
Originally settled by colonists from New England, ...
in 1964 and has two daughters, Hélène and Andrée.
References
Canadian Who's Who Entry on Pinard
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1940 births
Lawyers in Quebec
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
People from Drummondville
Living people
Judges in Quebec
Judges of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada
French Quebecers