Allan Joseph MACEACHEN

MACEACHEN, The Hon. Allan Joseph, P.C., O.C., M.A., LL.D., Litt.D.

Personal Data

Party
Liberal
Constituency
Cape Breton Highlands--Canso (Nova Scotia)
Birth Date
July 6, 1921
Website
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_MacEachen
PARLINFO
http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=29120c21-7fca-48fe-bd93-53ba86e83429&Language=E&Section=ALL
Profession
economist, professor

Parliamentary Career

August 10, 1953 - April 12, 1957
LIB
  Inverness--Richmond (Nova Scotia)
June 10, 1957 - February 1, 1958
LIB
  Inverness--Richmond (Nova Scotia)
June 18, 1962 - February 6, 1963
LIB
  Inverness--Richmond (Nova Scotia)
April 8, 1963 - September 8, 1965
LIB
  Inverness--Richmond (Nova Scotia)
  • Minister of Labour (April 22, 1963 - December 17, 1965)
November 8, 1965 - April 23, 1968
LIB
  Inverness--Richmond (Nova Scotia)
  • Minister of Labour (April 22, 1963 - December 17, 1965)
  • Minister of Amateur Sport (December 18, 1965 - July 5, 1968)
  • Minister of National Health and Welfare (December 18, 1965 - April 19, 1968)
  • Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (May 4, 1967 - April 23, 1968)
  • Liberal Party House Leader (May 4, 1967 - April 23, 1968)
  • Minister of National Health and Welfare (April 20, 1968 - July 5, 1968)
June 25, 1968 - September 1, 1972
LIB
  Cape Breton Highlands--Canso (Nova Scotia)
  • Minister of Amateur Sport (December 18, 1965 - July 5, 1968)
  • Minister of National Health and Welfare (April 20, 1968 - July 5, 1968)
  • President of the Privy Council (May 2, 1968 - July 5, 1968)
  • Minister of Manpower and Immigration (July 6, 1968 - September 23, 1970)
  • President of the Privy Council (September 24, 1970 - August 7, 1974)
  • Liberal Party House Leader (September 24, 1970 - May 9, 1974)
  • Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (September 24, 1970 - May 9, 1974)
October 30, 1972 - May 9, 1974
LIB
  Cape Breton Highlands--Canso (Nova Scotia)
  • President of the Privy Council (September 24, 1970 - August 7, 1974)
  • Liberal Party House Leader (September 24, 1970 - May 9, 1974)
  • Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (September 24, 1970 - May 9, 1974)
July 8, 1974 - March 26, 1979
LIB
  Cape Breton Highlands--Canso (Nova Scotia)
  • President of the Privy Council (September 24, 1970 - August 7, 1974)
  • Secretary of State for External Affairs (August 8, 1974 - September 13, 1976)
  • Liberal Party House Leader (September 14, 1976 - March 26, 1979)
  • President of the Privy Council (September 14, 1976 - June 3, 1979)
  • Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (September 14, 1976 - March 26, 1979)
  • Deputy Prime Minister (September 16, 1977 - June 3, 1979)
May 22, 1979 - December 14, 1979
LIB
  Cape Breton Highlands--Canso (Nova Scotia)
  • President of the Privy Council (September 14, 1976 - June 3, 1979)
  • Deputy Prime Minister (September 16, 1977 - June 3, 1979)
  • Official Opposition House Leader (October 9, 1979 - December 14, 1979)
  • Liberal Party House Leader (October 9, 1979 - December 14, 1979)
February 18, 1980 - July 9, 1984
LIB
  Cape Breton Highlands--Canso (Nova Scotia)
  • Minister of Finance (March 3, 1980 - September 9, 1982)
  • Deputy Prime Minister (March 3, 1980 - June 29, 1984)
  • Secretary of State for External Affairs (September 10, 1982 - June 29, 1984)
  • Leader of the Government in the Senate (June 30, 1984 - September 16, 1984)

Most Recent Speeches (Page 1 of 2612)

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June 29, 1984

Hon. Allan J. MacEachen (Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for External Affairs):

Mr. Speaker, on this particular point I can only say that at the current meeting, for example, which is taking place at Stockholm, the Canadian representatives and others are continuing to press the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc countries to live up to the Helsinki Accord and to recognize the necessity of the greatest possible communication and interchange among the peoples of the world, particularly between the Soviet Bloc and other countries.

I am thankful to the Hon. Member for raising this particular point with respect to gifts and parcels which friends and relatives may want to exchange. I will be pleased to have officials of the Department raise the point with Soviet representatives as soon as possible.

Oral Questions

should bear in mind, in asking a question, whether it will be possible to answer it within the traditional confines of Question Period.

Topic:   ORAL QUESTION PERIOD
Subtopic:   EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
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June 28, 1984

Hon. Allan J. MacEachen (Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for External Affairs) moved

that Bill C-32, an Act to establish the Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security, as reported (with amendments) from the Standing Committee on External Affairs and National Defence, be concurred in.

Topic:   GOVERNMENT ORDERS
Subtopic:   CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
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June 28, 1984

Mr. MacEachen:

I have made a lot of them in the years I have served in the House of Commons since being first elected in 1953. When I came here I was so far away on the back bench that, if I were any further, I would be sitting in the lobby or in the corridor. But I survived those years, and I can only say that in making my last speech I am terribly grateful to my electors who have sent me to Parliament for these 30 years. I owe them a great deal of thanks.

Parliament and politics have been my life, and I am certainly grateful for the years I have spent here, and thankful for the opportunity to be part of this magnificent assembly which is the very heart, in my view, of Canadian life. I have seen much good work in the House of Commons by Members of Parliament, and many significant accomplishments. Among these significant accomplishments I certainly number the Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security.

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Topic:   GOVERNMENT ORDERS
Subtopic:   CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
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June 28, 1984

Hon. Allan J. MacEachen (Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for External Affairs):

Mr. Speaker, at the last meeting which I held with Secretary Shultz, the question of the Pacific salmon negotiations was fully discussed. At that time I made the suggestion that we ought to take some new steps and inject some renewed impulse into the negotiations, and raised the idea of representatives along the lines mentioned by the Hon. Member.

Since that time Mr. Shultz has appointed a personal representative and I have asked the Hon. Mitchell Sharp to act as the representative of the Secretary of State for External Affairs. Mr. Sharp has accepted. I think that he is particularly qualified to act in this capacity because, through his experience as the Northern Gas Pipeline Commissioner, he has established a personal relationship with quite a number of the persons who will be involved in this negotiation.

I make particular reference to the Senators to whom the Hon. Member has referred, because without their co-operation I doubt whether it will ever be possible for Canada to reach an agreement. We have been very close to an agreement from time to time, but in each case we have had to draw back because of some new element that was injected into the talks mainly by one State or the other, in the person of one of the Senators.

Topic:   ORAL QUESTION PERIOD
Subtopic:   EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
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June 28, 1984

Hon. Allan J. MacEachen (for the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources) moved

that Bill C-43, an Act respecting the Canada-Nova Scotia Oil Agreement on Offshore Oil and Gas Resource Management and Revenue Sharing and to make related and consequential amendments, be read the second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole.

Topic:   GOVERNMENT ORDERS
Subtopic:   MEASURE TO ESTABLISH
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