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Allan Joseph MacEachen PC OC (/ m ə ˈ k ɛ k ən /; July 6, 1921 – September 12, 2017) was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as a senator and several times as a Cabinet minister. He was the first deputy prime minister of Canada and served from 1977 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984.
During the Quebec Conference of 1864, Nova Scotia was guaranteed ten Senate seats, but because Prince Edward Island stalled for equal representation in the upper house, Nova Scotia was awarded two of Prince Edward Island's Senate seats, until 1873 when Prince Edward Island gave in and joined confederation Nova Scotia dropped to 10 seats. The ...
McEachern became UBC's 16th chancellor in 2002. He graduated from UBC with a Bachelor of Arts in 1949, a law degree in 1950 and was given an honorary doctor of Laws degree in 1990.
Upon graduating from McGill University, his first job was working as a research assistant in the Senate office of Allan MacEachen. There, he helped organize MacEachen's past correspondence for the purposes of his intended memoirs (which in the event were never written). In 1999, Butts became a policy director within the Government of Ontario. [7]
Aston Donald McEachin (/ m ə ˈ k iː tʃ ə n / mə-KEE-chən; October 10, 1961 – November 28, 2022) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 4th congressional district from 2017 until his death in 2022. [1]
John Duncan MacEachern (born November 8, 1946) is a former educator and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada.He represented Cape Breton East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1988 to 1998 as a Liberal member.
Allan MacEachen: Minister of Citizenship and Immigration; In office December 18, 1965 – September 30, 1966: Prime Minister: Lester B. Pearson: Preceded by: John Robert Nicholson: Succeeded by: Office Abolished: Senator for De la Vallière, Quebec; In office December 9, 1976 – December 15, 1983: Appointed by: Pierre Trudeau: Preceded by ...
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