- Yvon Pinard
Yvon Pinard, PC (born
October 10 1940 inDrummondville, Quebec ) is a judge and former Canadian politician.Pinard was born the son of Jean-Jacques and Cécile Pinard and was educated at Immaculate Conception School in Drummondville. He then attended the Nicolet Seminary, winning the Lieutenant Governor Onésime Gagnon Medal for Academic Merit, and the
Université de Sherbrooke , winning the Lieutenant Governor Paul Comtois Medal for Academic and Social Merit.He served as President of Sherbrooke's law faculty, being called to the bar of Quebec in 1964. He founded the Drummond Caisse d'Entraide Economique, involving himself with that organization as well as politics and hockey.
Pinard was first elected to the
Canadian House of Commons in the 1974 election. He was the Liberal Party's DeputyGovernment House Leader from1977 to1978 . He wasGovernment House Leader andPresident of the Privy Council in the government of Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau from1980 until June1984 when he left politics to accept an appointment to the bench.He has been a judge on the
Federal Court of Canada and theCourt Martial Appeal Court of Canada since leaving politics in 1984.He married Renée Chaput in
Richmond, Quebec in1964 and has two daughters, Hélène and Andrée.References
* [http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=philogen&t=66434&d=1153 Canadian Who's Who Entry on Pinard]
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Member of Parliament for Drummond
years=1974–1984
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