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Pierre de Bané

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The Honourable
Pierre De Bané
PC QC
بيير دي باين
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
In office
September 30, 1982 – June 29, 1984
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byRoméo LeBlanc
Succeeded byHerb Breau
Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion
In office
March 3, 1980 – January 11, 1982
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byElmer MacKay
Succeeded byHerb Gray
Minister of Supply and Services
In office
November 24, 1978 – June 3, 1979
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byJean-Pierre Goyer
Succeeded byRoch LaSalle
Senator for De la Vallière, Quebec
In office
June 29, 1984 – August 2, 2013
Nominated byPierre Trudeau
Appointed byJeanne Sauvé
Preceded byJean Marchand
Succeeded byRaymonde Saint-Germain
Member of Parliament
for Matapédia—Matane
In office
May 22, 1979 – June 28, 1984
Preceded byRiding re-created
Succeeded byJean-Luc Joncas
Member of Parliament
for Matane
In office
June 25, 1968 – May 21, 1979
Preceded byRiding re-created
Succeeded byRiding dissolved
Personal details
Born(1938-08-02)August 2, 1938
Haifa, Mandatory Palestine
DiedJanuary 9, 2019(2019-01-09) (aged 80)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Elisabeth Nadeau
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(m. 1980)​
Children1
Education
Profession
  • Lawyer

Pierre De Bané PC QC (Arabic: بيير دي باين; August 2, 1938 – January 9, 2019) was a Canadian senator. He was the first Palestinian and the first person of Middle Eastern descent to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada in Matane and next Matapédia—Matane, and was a member of the Canadian Cabinet.[1]

Early life and education

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De Bané was born in Haifa, Palestine. His family then immigrated to Canada in 1947 to escape the looming war, and settled in Quebec. De Bané studied at Séminaire Saint-Joseph de Trois-Rivières, Collège Saint-Alexandre, University of Quebec and from law at Laval University.[2]

Political career

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He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 general election, and served as a Member of Parliament for sixteen years.

In 1978, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed De Bané to the Canadian Cabinet as the Minister of Supply and Services. He joined the opposition bench when the Liberals lost the 1979 election, but was reappointed to the Cabinet as the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion when the Liberals returned to power in 1980 election.

In 1982, De Bané became Minister of State for External Relations and, eight months later, he became the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. De Bané was named to the Senate by Trudeau days before he retired as Prime Minister.

De Bané was active on numerous Senate committees, particularly those dealing with fisheries, foreign affairs, and legal affairs and was also active in public life on the issue of Palestinian refugees.

He retired from the Senate upon turning 75 on August 2, 2013, and died on January 9, 2019, at the age of 80.[3][4]

Archives

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There is a Pierre de Bané fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Décès de l'ancien député de Matane Pierre De Bané". Radio Canada (in French). 11 January 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  2. ^ "The Hon. Pierre de Bané, P.C., Q.C., B.A., LL.L., DOC.SC.ADM. (Hon.)". Liberal Senate Forum. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  3. ^ "L'ex-député, ministre et sénateur Pierre de Bané n'est plus". Le Soleil (in French). 11 January 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Pierre DE BANE Obituary (2019) - Ottawa, ON". Legacy.com. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Pierre de Bané fonds". Library and Archives Canada. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
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