Gérard PELLETIER

PELLETIER, The Hon. Gérard, P.C., C.C., B.A.

Personal Data

Party
Liberal
Constituency
Hochelaga (Quebec)
Birth Date
June 21, 1919
Deceased Date
June 22, 1997
Website
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gérard_Pelletier
PARLINFO
http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=7c83090e-2e9e-4906-85ca-b8724b8fc3ac&Language=E&Section=ALL
Profession
author, broadcaster, diplomat, journalist, labour and social activist

Parliamentary Career

November 8, 1965 - April 23, 1968
LIB
  Hochelaga (Quebec)
  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State for External Affairs (April 20, 1967 - April 20, 1968)
  • Minister Without Portfolio (April 20, 1968 - July 5, 1968)
June 25, 1968 - September 1, 1972
LIB
  Hochelaga (Quebec)
  • Minister Without Portfolio (April 20, 1968 - July 5, 1968)
  • Secretary of State of Canada (July 6, 1968 - November 26, 1972)
  • Minister of Communications (May 11, 1971 - August 11, 1971)
October 30, 1972 - May 9, 1974
LIB
  Hochelaga (Quebec)
  • Secretary of State of Canada (July 6, 1968 - November 26, 1972)
  • Minister of Communications (November 27, 1972 - August 28, 1975)
July 8, 1974 - March 26, 1979
LIB
  Hochelaga (Quebec)
  • Minister of Communications (November 27, 1972 - August 28, 1975)

Most Recent Speeches (Page 307 of 307)

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March 8, 1966

Mr. Pelletier:

May I put a question to the hon. gentleman. Since he has been defending the principle of unilingualism in the civil service-

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March 8, 1966

Mr. Pelletier:

-may I ask him whether he knows many French unilingual civil servants in Ottawa?

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January 27, 1966

Mr. Gerard Pelleiier (Hochelaga):

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a question of privilege.

I regret that the Leader of the Opposition is ill-informed, but I have never used that expression which was taken from one of Claude Ryan's editorials in Le Devoir. It is his and he can keep it.

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