Maurice Jean Nadon (July 8, 1920 – December 21, 2009) was the 16th

Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police The commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police () is the professional head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The commissioner exercises control and management of the RCMP under the direction of the minister of public safety. The ...

, serving from January 1, 1974 to August 31, 1977. Nadon was born in

Mattawa, Ontario Mattawa is a town in northeastern Ontario, Canada on Algonquin Nation land at the confluence of the Mattawa and Ottawa Rivers in Nipissing District. Mattawa means "Meeting of the Waters" in the Algonquin language. The first Europeans to pass thr ...

, joined the RCMP in 1939 and retired from the force in 1977. He was the first and only French Canadian commissioner of the RCMP. In 1991 the RCMP commissioned RCMP vessel ''Nadon'', a patrol boat and named for the former Commissioner. In 2011, the new RCMP Headquarters (M. J. Nadon Government of Canada Building) in Ottawa was named in his honour. Nadon died in 2009 in Pembroke, Ontario and was buried at Beechwood Cemetery in Ottawa. Predeceased by his wife Madeleine Desrosiers, Nadon was survived by son Robert and daughter Suzanne.

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