Gérard Pelletier
The Honourable Gérard Pelletier PC CC | |
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Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations | |
In office August 1981 – July 1984 | |
Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau John Turner |
Preceded by | Michel Dupuy |
Succeeded by | Stephen Lewis |
Canadian Ambassador to France | |
In office September 4, 1975 – July 17, 1981 | |
Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau Joe Clark |
Preceded by | Léo Cadieux |
Succeeded by | Michel Dupuy |
Minister of Communications | |
In office November 27, 1972 – August 28, 1975 | |
Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
Preceded by | Robert Stanbury |
Succeeded by | Pierre Juneau |
Acting May 11, 1971 – August 11, 1971 | |
Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Côté (acting) |
Succeeded by | Robert Stanbury |
Secretary of State for Canada | |
In office July 6, 1968 – November 26, 1972 | |
Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
Preceded by | Jean Marchand |
Succeeded by | Hugh Faulkner |
Minister without portfolio | |
In office April 20, 1968 – July 5, 1968 | |
Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
Member of Parliament for Hochelaga | |
In office November 8, 1965 – August 29, 1975 | |
Preceded by | Raymond Eudes |
Succeeded by | Jacques Lavoie |
Personal details | |
Born | (1919-06-21)June 21, 1919 Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada |
Died | June 22, 1997(1997-06-22) (aged 78) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Alexandrine ”Alec” Leduc (m. 1943) |
Children | 4 |
Education | |
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Gérard Pelletier PC (French: [pɛltje]; June 21, 1919 – June 22, 1997) was a Canadian journalist and politician.[1]
Career
Pelletier initially worked as a journalist for Le Devoir, a French-language newspaper in Montreal, Quebec. In 1961 he became editor-in-chief of the Montreal daily and North America's largest French circulating newspaper, La Presse. Pelletier, with other French-Canadian intellectuals, Pierre Elliott Trudeau included, founded the journal Cité Libre. First elected to Parliament in 1965, he served as a member of the cabinet of Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
Pelletier met Trudeau while studying in France and worked with him and Jean Marchand during the Asbestos Strike of 1949 in Quebec. Dubbed the "Three Wise Men" in English and Les trois colombes (The three doves) in French, they entered politics at the same time in the federal election of 1965. The trio was recruited by Liberal prime minister Lester Pearson to help derail the rising Quebec separatist movement.
He served in various cabinet posts in the Trudeau government until 1975 (Secretary of State: 1968–1973, Minister of Communications: 1973–5), when he left the Liberal caucus and became ambassador to France and then ambassador to the United Nations (1981–1984). In 1978 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
Bibliography
As author
- — (1945). J. E. C. d'aujourd'hui : une étude sur le mouvement. Montreal: Centrale de la Jeunesse étudiante catholique. ISBN 9780458982707. OCLC 465845812.
- —; Pelletier, Alec (1945). Quartier Nord. (illustrations by Julien Hébert). Montreal: Éditions Fides.
- — (1950). Histoire des enfants tristes : un reportage sur l'enfance sans soutien dans la province de Québec. Montreal: L'Action nationale. ISBN 9780458982707. OCLC 49083264.
- — (1962). Le concept d'élasticité chez Marshall et quelques auteurs (Maîtrise). Université Laval.
- — (1965). Confederation at the crossroads. Saskatoon: University of Saskatchewan.
- — (1971). La crise d'octobre. Montreal: Éditions du Jour. OCLC 299724407.
- — (1983). Les années d'impatience : 1950-1960. Montreal: Éditions A. Stanké. ISBN 2-76040214-2.
- — (1983–1992). Souvenirs. Montreal: Éditions A. Stanké. (in three volumes)
- — (1986). Le temps des choix, 1960-1968. Montreal: Éditions A. Stanké. ISBN 2-76040288-6.
- — (1992). Aventure du pouvoir, 1968-1975. Montreal: Éditions A. Stanké. ISBN 2-76040422-6.
- —; Hill, Heather (1995). Le diplomate et l'Africain. Montreal: Éditions A. Stanké. ISBN 2-76040491-9.
Contributions
- Lamonde, Yvan, ed. (1991). Cité libre : une anthologie. (with the collaboration of Gérard Pelletier). Montreal: Éditions A. Stanké. ISBN 2-76040379-3.
Electoral record
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Gérard Pelletier | 10,561 | 49.86 | +5.52 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Jacques Lavoie | 6,435 | 30.38 | +5.91 | ||||
Social Credit | Lucien Mallette | 2,258 | 10.66 | |||||
New Democratic | Roger Hébert | 1,461 | 6.90 | -10.92 | ||||
Independent | Jean Poitras | 190 | 0.90 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Robert Lévesque | 181 | 0.85 | |||||
Communist | Guy Désautels | 95 | 0.45 | |||||
Total valid votes | 21,181 | 100.00 | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Gérard Pelletier | 11,235 | 44.34 | -10.80 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Jacques Lavoie | 6,199 | 24.47 | -1.64 | ||||
New Democratic | Raymond-Gérard Laliberté | 4,515 | 17.82 | +5.07 | ||||
Independent | Gérard Contant | 2,171 | 8.57 | |||||
Independent | Jacques Ferron | 879 | 3.47 | |||||
Independent | Françoise Lévesque | 338 | 1.33 | |||||
Total valid votes | 25,337 | 100.00 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Gérard Pelletier | 12,080 | 55.14 | +7.39 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Michel Gagnon | 5,720 | 26.11 | +6.49 | ||||
New Democratic | René Nantel | 2,793 | 12.75 | -6.88 | ||||
Ralliement créditiste | Dollard Desormeaux | 1,122 | 5.12 | -8.83 | ||||
Communist | Jeannette Walsh | 192 | 0.88 | |||||
Total valid votes | 21,907 | 100.00 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Gérard Pelletier | 11,929 | 47.76 | +1.39 | ||||
New Democratic | Claude Richer | 4,902 | 19.62 | +7.61 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Marius Heppell | 4,662 | 18.66 | +4.88 | ||||
Ralliement créditiste | Fernand Bourret | 3,486 | 13.96 | -12.73 | ||||
Total valid votes | 24,979 | 100.00 |
Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
References
- ^ "Gérard Pelletier | The Canadian Encyclopedia". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
External links
- Gérard Pelletier – Parliament of Canada biography
- Gérard Pelletier fonds, Library and Archives Canada
Parliament of Canada | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Hochelaga 1965–1975 | Succeeded by |
Diplomatic posts | ||
Preceded by | Canadian Ambassador to France 1975–1981 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations 1981–1984 | Succeeded by |