Pierre de Bané

The Honourable
Pierre De Bané
PCQC
بيير دي باين
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
In officeSeptember 30, 1982 – June 29, 1984
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byRoméo LeBlanc
Succeeded byHerb Breau
Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion
In officeMarch 3, 1980 – January 11, 1982
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byElmer MacKay
Succeeded byHerb Gray
Minister of Supply and Services
In officeNovember 24, 1978 – June 3, 1979
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byJean-Pierre Goyer
Succeeded byRoch LaSalle
Senator for De la Vallière, Quebec
In officeJune 29, 1984 – August 2, 2013
Nominated byPierre Trudeau
Appointed byJeanne Sauvé
Preceded byJean Marchand
Succeeded byRaymonde Saint-Germain
Member of Parliamentfor Matapédia—Matane
In officeMay 22, 1979 – June 28, 1984
Preceded byRiding re-created
Succeeded byJean-Luc Joncas
Member of Parliamentfor Matane
In officeJune 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
PartyLiberal
Spouse
Elisabeth Nadeau
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(m. 1980)​
Children1
Education
Profession
  • Lawyer

Pierre De BanéPCQC (Arabic: بيير دي باين; August 2, 1938 – January 9, 2019) was a Canadian politician who served in both the House of Commons of Canada and the Senate. Elected as the Member of Parliament for Matane in 1968, he was the first Palestinian, the first person of Middle Eastern descent, and the first visible minority person not born in Canada to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada. He was a member of the Canadian Cabinet during the Trudeau Sr. Ministry.[1]

Early life and education

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

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 MinisterPierre 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.

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

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

References

  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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