Bryce Mackasey
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Bryce Stuart Mackasey, PC (August 25, 1921 – September 5, 1999) was a Canadian Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister.
Born in Quebec City, Quebec, he was elected as a Liberal candidate in the riding of Verdun in the 1962 federal election. He was re-elected in the 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, and 1974 elections. He resigned in 1976 to run in the Quebec provincial election that year, and was elected to the Quebec National Assembly. He resigned in 1978 to run in a federal by-election in the riding of Ottawa Centre, but was defeated. From 1978 to 1979, he served briefly as President of Air Canada. He was re-elected in the riding of Lincoln in the 1980 election.
He held numerous ministerial positions including Labour, Manpower and Immigration, State, Postmaster General, and Consumer and Corporate Affairs.
In 1984, upon leaving office, Prime Minister John Turner appointed him Ambassador to Portugal; this led to Conservative leader Brian Mulroney's famous comment about patronage, "There's no whore like an old whore".[1] Mulroney canceled the appointment shortly after he was elected and appointed Liberal former Speaker of the House Lloyd Francis in Mackasey's place.
[edit] References
- ^ "Off-the-record chats can go off the rails", The Globe and Mail, December 16, 2005, p. A9.
[edit] External links
- Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
- Bryce Stuart MACKASEY at Assemblée nationale du Québec (French)
Categories: 1921 births | 1999 deaths | Canadian diplomats | Historical Quebec MNAs | Liberal Party of Canada MPs | Members of the 19th Ministry in Canada | Members of the 20th Ministry in Canada | Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Quebec | Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada | People from Quebec City | Postmasters General of Canada
