- Marcel Massé
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- Marcel Massé should not be confused with Marcel Masse.
Marcel Massé, PC, OC, QC (born June 23, 1940) is a former Canadian politician and civil servant.
He served as Clerk of the Privy Council in 1979 during the government of Prime Minister Joe Clark. In his distinguished public service career, he also served as President of CIDA, on two occasions; was undersecretary for external affairs; and represented Canada as its executive director at the IMF, World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank.
Massé's career in elected politics began when he ran as a candidate for Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party in the 1993 federal election. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Hull—Aylmer.
Following the election, he was appointed to the Canadian Cabinet as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Public Service Renewal.
In 1996, a Cabinet shuffle moved him to the positions of President of the Treasury Board and Minister responsible for Infrastructure.
Massé was re-elected in the 1997 election, but retired from Cabinet in 1999 and resigned his seat in the House of Commons.
In 1985, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
After the Liberal Party of Canada's leadership convention in December 2006 he was asked to join the transition team of newly elected leader Stéphane Dion. He served as Mr. Dion's Principal Secretary in the Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition for a period after Dion's selection as leader. He later left the post for health reasons.
Electoral record
1997 federal election : Hull—Aylmer edit Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures Liberal (x)Marcel Massé 25,835 54.11 $47,001 Bloc Québécois Ginette Tétreault 9,922 20.78 $31,255 Progressive Conservative Stéphane Rondeau 8,461 17.72 $7,680 New Democratic Party Peter Piening 1,317 2.76 $665 Reform Camille Fortin 935 1.96 $1,308 Green Gail Walker 586 1.23 $116 Christian Heritage Ron Gray 275 0.58 $1,320 Natural Law Robert Mayer 266 0.56 $0 Marxist-Leninist Pierre Soublière 151 0.32 $0 Total valid votes/Expense limit 47,748 100.00 $61,239 Total rejected ballots 1,114 Turnout 48,862 70.44 Electors on the lists 69,366 Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
1993 federal election : Hull—Aylmer edit Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures Liberal Marcel Massé 27,988 53.26 $54,753 Bloc Québécois (x)Gilles Rocheleau 14,293 27.20 $38,257 Non-Affiliated Tony Cannavino 4,583 8.72 $53,805 Progressive Conservative Pierre Chénier 3,244 6.17 $49,356 New Democratic Party Francine Bourque 1,346 2.56 $12,759 Green George Halpern 468 0.89 $473 Natural Law Robert Mayer 401 0.76 $225 Marxist-Leninist Françoise Roy 162 0.31 $80 Abolitionist Linda Dubois 63 0.12 $0 Total valid votes/Expense limit 52,548 100.00 $56,938 Total rejected ballots 873 Turnout 53,421 76.95 Electors on the lists 69,419 Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.
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Parliament of Canada Preceded by
Gilles RocheleauMember of Parliament from Hull—Aylmer
1993-1999Succeeded by
Marcel Proulx26th Ministry – Cabinet of Jean Chrétien Cabinet Posts (3) Predecessor Office Successor Art Eggleton President of the Treasury Board
1996–1999Lucienne Robillard position created Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
1993–1996Stéphane Dion Pierre Blais President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
1993–1996Stéphane Dion Special Cabinet Responsibilities Predecessor Title Successor Art Eggleton Minister responsible for Infrastructure
(1996–1999)? position created Minister responsible for Public Service Renewal
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