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Quick Facts
1919 - 2000
| Term(s) of Office: |
| April 20, 1968 - June 3, 1979 |
| March 3, 1980 - June 30, 1984 |
Born
- October 18, 1919, Montreal, Quebec
Education
- Jean de Brébeuf College, B.A. 1940
- University of Montreal, LL.L. 1943
- Harvard University, M.A. Political Economy 1945
- École des sciences politiques, Paris 1946 - 1947
- London School of Economics 1947 - 1948
Personal Life
- Married 1971, Margaret Sinclair (b. 1948)
- Three sons (one died accidentally in 1998)
- Divorced 1984
- One daughter
Occupations
- Lawyer (called to the Quebec Bar in 1943, to the Ontario Bar in 1967)
- 1949 - 1951 Advisor to the Privy Council
- 1950 Co-founder and director, Cité libre
- 1961 - 1965 Associate Professor of Law, University of Montreal
- 1961 - 1965 Researcher, Institut de recherches en droit public
- Author
- Law consultant
Political Party
- Liberal
- 1968 - 1984 Party Leader
Constituencies
- 1965 - 1984 Mount Royal, Quebec
Other Ministries
- 1967 - 1968 Justice
- 1968 Acting President of the Privy Council
Political Record
- Official Languages Act 1969
- October Crisis (implementation of War Measures Act) 1970
- Appointed Muriel McQueen Fergusson first woman Speaker of the Senate 1972
- Wage and Price Controls 1975
- Leader of the Opposition 1979-1980
- Significant role in the victory of the "No" forces in the Quebec Referendum on Sovereignty-Association 1980
- Appointed Jeanne Sauvé first woman Speaker of the House of Commons 1980
- Canadian Charter of Rights 1982
- Constitution Act 1982
- Appointed Jeanne Sauvé, Canada's first woman governor general 1984
Died
- September 28, 2000, Montreal, Quebec
- Grave site: Saint-Rémi-de-Napierville, Quebec
Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867 - 1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.
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