Bryce Mackasey
| Bryce Mackasey | |
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| Member of Parliament for Verdun | |
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In office 1962–1976 | |
| Preceded by | Harold Monteith |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Savard |
| MNA for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | |
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In office 1976–1978 | |
| Preceded by | William Tetley |
| Succeeded by | Reed Scowen |
| Member of Parliament for Lincoln | |
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In office 1980–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Ken Higson |
| Succeeded by | Shirley Martin |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 25, 1921 Quebec City, Quebec |
| Died |
September 5, 1999 (aged 78) Verdun, Quebec |
| Political party |
Quebec Liberal Party Liberal Party of Canada |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret O'Malley |
| Profession | Electrician for CN Rail, Businessman |
Bryce Stuart Mackasey, PC (August 25, 1921 – September 5, 1999) was a Canadian Member of Parliament, Cabinet minister, and Ambassador to Portugal.
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 for the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. 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, Secretary of State, Postmaster General of Canada and Consumer and Corporate Affairs.
When Mackasey left office in 1984 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.
In 1970, he received an honorary doctorate from Sir George Williams University, which later became Concordia University.[2]
References
- ↑ "Off-the-record chats can go off the rails". The Globe and Mail. 2005-12-16. p. A9.
- ↑ "Honorary Degree Citation - Bryce Mackasey* | Concordia University Archives". archives.concordia.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
External links
- Bryce Mackasey – Parliament of Canada biography
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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1The office of Postmaster General was abolished when the Post Office Department became a Crown Corporation known as the Canada Post Corporation on October 16, 1981. |
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| Ministers of Human Resources Development (1996–2005)2 | |
| Ministers of Human Resources and Skills Development (2005–13) | |
| Ministers of Employment and Social Development (2013–15) | |
| Minister of Families, Children and Social Development (2015–present) | |
| Ministers of Labour (1996–2015) | |
| Minister of Employment, Workforce and Labour (2015–present) | |
1Until 1909, the office of the minister of Labour was a secondary function of the Postmaster-General of Canada. W. L. M. King was the first to hold the office independently. 2The office of Minister of Employment and Immigration, and Minister of Labour were abolished and the office of Minister of Human Resources Development went in force on July 12, 1996. Under the new provisions, a Minister of Labour may be appointed. However, when no Minister of Labour is appointed, the Minister of Human Resources Development shall exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the Minister of Labour. | |
The office of Minister of Manpower and Immigration was abolished and the office of Minister of Employment and Immigration came in force August 15, 1977. |