- Marc Garneau
-
Marc Garneau 
NRC/CSA Astronaut Nationality Canadian 
Status Retired Born February 23, 1949 Rank Captain (Navy), RCN Time in space 29d 02h 01m Selection 1983 NRC Group Missions STS-41-G in 1984, STS-77 in 1996, STS-97 in 1999-2000 Mission insignia 
Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau
CC, CD, FCASI, MPMember of the Canadian Parliament
for Westmount—Ville-MarieIncumbent Assumed office
2008Preceded by Lucienne Robillard Personal details Born February 23, 1949
Quebec City, QC, CanadaOccupation Naval Engineer Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau, CC CD FCASI MP (born February 23, 1949) is a Canadian retired military officer, former astronaut, engineer and politician.
Garneau was the first Canadian in space taking part in three flights aboard NASA Space shuttles. He was the president of the Canadian Space Agency from 2001 to 2006, and in 2003 was installed as the ninth Chancellor of Carleton University in Ottawa.
In 2006, Garneau entered politics, seeking a seat as federal Member of Parliament with the Liberal Party of Canada. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the riding of Vaudreuil-Soulanges during that year's election, but two years later won the riding of Westmount—Ville-Marie in downtown Montreal by more than 9000 votes. He was re-elected to House of Commons in the 2011 federal election by 642 votes
Contents
Early life and career
Garneau was born in Quebec, Canada and was educated there and in London, England. He earned a degree in engineering physics at the Royal Military College of Canada in 1970 and a doctorate in Electrical Engineering from [[Imperial Co served as a systems engineer aboard HMCS Algonquin (DDH 283) until 1976. He then served as an instructor at the Canadian Forces Fleet School in Halifax. He later was posted to the Naval Engineering Unit and in 1982 he was promoted to Commander.
CSA career
He was Canada's first astronaut and he became the first Canadian in space in October 1984. In 1984 he was seconded to the new Canadian Astronaut Program (CAP), one of six chosen from over 4,000 applicants. He flew on the shuttle Challenger, STS-41-G from October 5 to 13, 1984 as payload specialist. He was promoted to captain in 1986 and left the Navy in 1989 to become deputy director of the CAP. In 1992-93 he underwent further training to become a mission specialist. He worked as CAPCOM for a number of shuttle flights and was on two further flights himself - STS-77 (May 19 to 29, 1996) and STS-97 (to the ISS, November 30 to December 11, 2000). He has logged almost 678 hours in space and is now retired as an astronaut.
In February 2001 he was appointed executive vice-president of the Canadian Space Agency, and became its president in November of the same year.
Political life
Garneau resigned from his employment with the Canadian Space Agency to run for the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian federal 2006 federal election as a star candidate. He ran in the riding of Soulanges which was represented by Meili Faille of the Bloc Québécois. Garneau was dogged by the sponsorship scandal, which dragged down most Liberal candidates in marginal Quebec ridings. He also made some controversial comments, arguing that Quebec separation should not be envisaged with the same haste as Iraq's invasion by the United States. In addition, he suggested that he would like to return to space along with sovereigntist leaders Gilles Duceppe and André Boisclair, arguing that they would probably become federalists, seeing the Earth without its artificial borders. This remark was ridiculed as political naivete by his Bloc opponents. In the end, a stronger-than-expected Conservative candidate siphoned away many federalist votes and Garneau lost to Faille by 9,200 votes.
He remained active in politics, supporting Michael Ignatieff's bid to lead the Liberal Party. He hoped to be considered for the Liberal candidacy for the Outremont by-election in September 2007, but was obliged to withdraw after being told by Stéphane Dion that the riding was reserved for another candidate. Soon afterwards, he announced he would depart from political life, citing Stéphane Dion's ambivalence as a main factor in his decision.[1]
However, following the resignation of Liberal deputy leader Lucienne Robillard, Garneau was nominated as the candidate for the riding of Westmount—Ville-Marie. Garneau competed as candidate in a by-election called for September 8, 2008. Although the by-election was cancelled when a general election was called, Garneau went on to win the riding by over 9,000 votes in the 2008 federal election.
Garneau was re-elected as MP for the riding in the 2011 Canadian federal election and now serves in the capacity as Liberal spokesman for industry, science and technology as well as being the chief representative of the Quebec contingent of Liberals. He also ran for interim leadership of the Liberal party after the 2011 election but was ultimately defeated by [Bob Rae].
Awards and honours
Garneau was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1984 in recognition of his role as the first Canadian astronaut. He was promoted the rank of Companion within the order in 2003 for his extensive work with Canada's space program.[2]
He was also awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration for 12 years of honourable service with the Canadian Forces.
In August 2003, Garneau was made a Companion of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour. He is also honoured with a high school named after him, Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute in Toronto [3] and É.S.P. Marc-Garneau[4] in Trenton, Ontario. Garneau is also the Honorary Captain of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets. In addition, no 599 Royal Canadian Air Cadets squadron is named in his honour.
See also
Electoral record
2011 federal election : Westmount—Ville-Marie edit Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures Liberal Marc Garneau 15,346 37.2 679 New Democratic Party Joanne Corbeil 14,704 35.6 Conservative Neil Drabkin 7,218 17.5 Bloc Québécois Véronique Roy 2,278 5.5 Green Andrew Carkner 1,516 3.7 neorhino.ca Victoria Haliburton 140 0.3 Communist Bill Sloan 73 0.2 Total valid votes 41,275 100.00 Total rejected ballots 165 Turnout 41,315 53.6 Electors on the lists 77,084 2008 federal election : Westmount—Ville-Marie edit Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures Liberal Marc Garneau 18,041 46.47 $78,009 New Democratic Party Anne Lagacé Dowson 8,904 22.93 $78,055 Conservative Guy Dufort 6,139 15.81 $52,254 Bloc Québécois Charles Larivée 2,818 7.26 $8,237 Green Claude William Genest 2,733 7.04 not listed neorhino.ca Judith Vienneau 62 0.16 none listed Marxist-Leninist Linda Sullivan 49 0.13 none listed Independent David Sommer Rovins 47 0.12 $30 Communist Bill Sloan 34 0.09 $898 Total valid votes 38,827 100.00 Total rejected ballots 224 Turnout 39,051 50.64 Electors on the lists 77,112 Canadian federal by-election, September 8, 2008 : Westmount—Ville-Marie edit Party Candidate Votes % +/- Expenditures Conservative Guy Dufort - - - $77,589 Liberal Marc Garneau - - - $81,759 Green Claude William Genest - - - not listed New Democratic Party Anne Lagacé Dowson - - - $78,078 Bloc Québécois Charles Larivée - - - $3,123 Independent Régent Millette - - - none listed Independent David Sommer Rovins - - - $30 Independent Ronald Andrew Wattie - - - $2,405 Note: This election was cancelled on September 7, 2008, and was superseded by the 2008 Canadian federal election. References
- ^ CTV news staff (2007-09-30). "Marc Garneau says he wasn't part of Dion's vision". CTV. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070930/garneau_quebec_070930/20070930. Retrieved 2007-10-02.
- ^ Order of Canada citations
- ^ Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario
- ^ É.S.P. Marc-Garneau, Trenton, Ontario
Books
- 4237 Dr. Adrian Preston & Peter Dennis (Edited) "Swords and Covenants" Rowman And Littlefield, London. Croom Helm. 1976.
- H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "Canada's RMC - A History of Royal Military College" Second Edition 1982
- H1877 R. Guy C. Smith (editor) "As You Were! Ex-Cadets Remember". In 2 Volumes. Volume I: 1876-1918. Volume II: 1919-1984. RMC. Kingston, Ontario. The R.M.C. Club of Canada. 1984
External links
- Canadian Space Agency biography
- NASA biography
- Spacefacts biography of Marc Garneau
- CBC Digital Archives - Marc Garneau: Canadian Space Pioneer
- Marc Garneau - Parliament of Canada biography
Academic offices Preceded by
Ray HnatyshynChancellor of Carleton University
2003-2008Succeeded by
Herb GrayParty political offices Preceded by
Denis CoderreQuebec lieutenant for the Liberal Leader
2008–CurrentSucceeded by
incumbentPreceded by
Needs more researchLiberal Caucus Chair in Quebec
2008–2008Succeeded by
Pablo Rodriguez
Current Members of the House of Commons of CanadaGovernment Conservative Party Harper • Ablonczy • Adams • Adler • Aglukkaq • Albas • Albrecht • Alexander • Allen • Allison • Ambler • Ambrose • Anders • Anderson • Armstrong • Ashfield • Aspin • Baird • Bateman • Benoit • Bernier • Bezan • Blaney • Block • Boughen • Braid • Breitkreuz • G. Brown • L. Brown • P. Brown • Bruinooge • Butt • Calandra • Calkins • Cannan • Carmichael • Carrie • Chisu • Chong • Clarke • Clement • Daniel • Davidson • Dechert • Del Mastro • Devolin • Dreeshen • Duncan • Dykstra • Fantino • Fast • Findlay • Finley • Flaherty • Fletcher • Galipeau • Gallant • Gill • Glover • Goguen • Goldring • Goodyear • Gosal • Gourde • Grewal • Harris • Hawn • Hayes • Hiebert • Hillyer • Hoback • Hoeppner • Holder • James • Jean • Kamp • Keddy • Kenney • Kent • Kerr • Komarnicki • Kramp • Lake • Lauzon • Lebel • Leef • Leitch • Lemieux • Leung • Lizon • Lobb • Lukiwski • Lunney • McColeman • MacKay • MacKenzie • McLeod • Mayes • Merrifield • Menegakis • Menzies • Miller • J. Moore • R. Moore • Nicholson • Norlock • Obhrai • O'Connor • Oda • Oliver • O'Neill-Gordon • Opitz • Paradis • Payne • Penashue • Poilievre • Preston • Raitt • Rajotte • Rathgeber • Reid • Rempel • Richards • Richardson • Rickford • Ritz • Saxton • Scheer • Schellenberger • Seeback • Shea • Shipley • Shory • Smith • Sopuck • Sorenson • Stanton • Storseth • Strahl • Sweet • Tilson • Toet • Toews • Trost • Trottier • Truppe • Tweed • Uppal • Valcourt • Van Kesteren • Van Loan • Vellacott • Wallace • Warawa • Warkentin • Watson • J. Weston • R. Weston • Wilks • Williamson • Wong • Woodworth • Yelich • T. Young • W. Young • ZimmerOfficial Opposition Turmel • Allen • Angus • Ashton • Atamanenko • Ayala • Aubin • Benskin • Bevington • Blanchette • Blanchette-Lamothe • Boivin • Borg • Boulerice • Boutin-Sweet • Brahmi • Brosseau • Caron • Cash • Charlton • Chicoine • Chisholm • Choquette • Chow • Christopherson • Cleary • Comartin • Côté • Crowder • Cullen • D. Davies • L. Davies • Day • Dewar • Dionne Labelle • Donnelly • Doré Lefebvre • Dubé • Duncan • Dusseault • Freeman • Garrison • Genest • Genest-Jourdain • Giguère • Godin • Gravelle • Groguhé • D. Harris • J. Harris • Hassainia • Hughes • Hyer • Jacob • Julian • Kellway • Larose • Lapointe • Latendresse • Laverdière • LeBlanc • Leslie • Liu • Mai • Marston • Martin • Masse • Mathyssen • Michaud • Moore • D. Morin • I. Morin • M-A. Morin • M-C. Morin • Mulcair • Nantel • Nash • Nicholls • Nunez-Melo • Papillon • Patry • Péclet • Perreault • Pilon • Quach • Rafferty • Ravignat • Raynault • Rousseau • Saganash • Sandhu • Savoie • Sellah • Sims • Sitsabaiesan • St-Denis • Stewart • Stoffer • Sullivan • Thibeault • Toone • TremblayThird Party Liberal Party Rae • Andrews • Bélanger • Bennett • Brison • Byrne • Casey • Coderre • Cotler • Cuzner • Dion • Duncan • Easter • Eyking • Foote • Fry • Garneau • Goodale • Hsu • Karygiannis • Lamoureux • LeBlanc • MacAulay • McCallum • McGuinty • McKay • Murray • Pacetti • Regan • Scarpaleggia • Sgro • Simms • Trudeau • ValerioteIndependents 41st Canadian Parliament NASA Astronaut Group 14, "The Hogs", 1992 Pilots Mission Specialists Daniel T. Barry · Charles Brady · Catherine Coleman · Michael Gernhardt · John Grunsfeld · Wendy Lawrence · Jerry Linenger · Richard Linnehan · Michael Lopez-Alegria · Scott E. Parazynski · Winston Scott · Steven Smith · Joseph Tanner · Andy Thomas · Mary WeberInternational Mission Specialists Marc Garneau (Canada) · Chris Hadfield (Canada) · Maurizio Cheli (Italy) · Jean-François Clervoy (France) · Koichi Wakata (Japan){{DEFAULTSORT:Garneau, Marc}
Categories:- 1949 births
- Alumni of Imperial College London
- Recipients of the Canadian Forces Decoration
- Canadian astronauts
- Chancellors of Carleton University
- Companions of the Order of Canada
- French Quebecers
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Living people
- Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Quebec
- People from Quebec City
- Presidents of the Canadian Space Agency
- Royal Military College of Canada people
- Systems engineers
- Royal Military College Saint-Jean people
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
