Marcel Danis
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Marcel Danis, PC, B.A., M.A., LL.B. (born October 22, 1943) is a university administrator, lawyer and former Canadian politician.
Danis completed a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at Loyola College (since renamed Concordia University) in 1965, a Master of Arts in Political Science at Fordham University in 1966, studied constitutional law and political science at the Université de Paris from 1966-1968, and completed a Bachelor of Civil Law at the Université de Montréal in 1971. He is the son of a former judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, and the brother of Jean-Claude Danis, a judge at the Commission des lésions professionelles in Montreal.
Danis served as Vice-Dean, Administrative Affairs, in the Faculty of Arts and Science (1995-96), and Vice-Dean, Academic Planning (1994-95). He joined the faculty of Loyola College in 1968 as a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and has taught since that time. He entered politics as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1980 federal election, but was defeated in the riding of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. During Joe Clark's leadership convention candidacy in 1983, Danis was his chief Quebec organizer.
He ran again in the 1984 federal election and entered the Canadian House of Commons as the Tory Member of Parliament for Verchères. Danis was appointed Deputy Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, and served in that position until 1990 when he was appointed by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to the Cabinet as Minister of State for Fitness and Sport, and Minister of State for Youth. He served concurrently as deputy government House Leader.
In 1991, Danis was promoted to the position of Minister of Labour. He left Cabinet with Mulroney's retirement in 1993, and was not a candidate in the 1993 election. He left politics and returned to academia. He became Vice-Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia. In 1996, he became Vice-Rector of the university, and Secretary General in 1998. In 2005, he was named Vice-President, External Relations and Secretary-General. He continues to have an active criminal law practice.
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| Parliament of Canada | ||
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| Preceded by Bernard Loiselle |
Member of Parliament from Verchères 1984–1993 |
Succeeded by Stéphane Bergeron |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Jean Corbeil |
Minister of Labour 1991–1993 |
Succeeded by Bernard Valcourt |
