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Guy Favreau

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Guy Favreau
Favreau, c. 1966
President of the Privy Council
In office
7 July 1965 – 3 April 1967
Prime MinisterLester B. Pearson
Preceded byGeorge McIlraith
Succeeded byWalter L. Gordon
Minister of Justice
Attorney General of Canada
In office
3 February 1964 – 29 June 1965
Prime MinisterLester B. Pearson
Preceded byLionel Chevrier
Succeeded byGeorge McIlraith (acting)
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
In office
18 February 1964 – 29 October 1964
Prime MinisterLester B. Pearson
Preceded byJack Pickersgill
Succeeded byGeorge McIlraith
Minister of Manpower and Immigration
In office
22 April 1963 – 2 February 1964
Prime MinisterLester B. Pearson
Preceded byDick Bell
Succeeded byRené Tremblay
Member of Parliament
for Papineau
In office
8 April 1963 – 3 April 1967
Preceded byAdrien Meunier
Succeeded byAndré Ouellet
Personal details
Born(1917-05-20)20 May 1917
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died11 July 1967(1967-07-11) (aged 50)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Francoise Laflamme
(m. 1944)
Children4
Alma materUniversité de Montréal (BA, LLB)
Profession
  • Lecturer
  • legal counsel
  • lawyer

Guy Favreau PC QC (20 May 1917 – 11 July 1967) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and judge.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Léopold Favreau and Béatrice Gagnon, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts and an LL.B. from the Université de Montréal. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1940. He worked as a lawyer in Montreal from 1942 to 1952. In 1952, he became a member of the Restrictive Trade Practices Commission in Ottawa. In 1955, he became Assistant Deputy Minister of Justice. He helped to create the Faculty of Civil Law at the University of Ottawa and taught there as well. In 1960, he returned to Montreal to work as a private lawyer.

He was elected as a Liberal in the riding of Papineau in the 1963 election, and was re-elected in 1965. He was Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (1963–1964), Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (1964–1965), President of the Privy Council (1965–1967), Minister of Indian Affairs (1963–1964) and Registrar General of Canada (1966–1967). As well, he was Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (1964) and Liberal Party House Leader (1964). Allegations regarding involvement in the prison escape of Lucien Rivard had led to his downfall as Attorney General.[1]

He was appointed a judge of the Quebec Superior Court on April 17, 1967, but he died shortly afterward. He was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[2]

The Complexe Guy-Favreau, the federal government's main building in Montreal, was built in 1983 and is named in his honour.

References

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  1. ^ "Man who triggered Pearson scandal dies," Daily Mercury, Guelph, Ontario: February 14, 2002, pg. A.11.
  2. ^ Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
1963–1964
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Justice
1964–1965
Succeeded by
Preceded by Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
1964
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Privy Council
1965–1967
Succeeded by
Preceded by Registrar General of Canada
1966–1967
Succeeded by