- Gérard Pelletier
Gérard Pelletier, PC, CC, BA (
June 21 1919 –June 22 1997 ) worked as a journalist for "Le Devoir ", a French-language newspaper inMontreal ,Quebec . In 1961 he became editor-in-chief of the Montreal daily and North America's largest French circulating newspaper, "La Presse". Pelletier, with other French-Canadian intellectuals, Pierre Elliott Trudeau included, founded the journal "Cité Libre". First elected to Parliament in 1965, he served as a member of the cabinet ofPierre Elliott Trudeau .Pelletier met Trudeau while studying in
France and worked with him andJean Marchand during theAsbestos Strike of 1949 in Quebec. Dubbed the "Three Wise Men" in English and "Les trois colombes" (The three doves) in French, they entered politics at the same time in the federal election of 1965. The trio was recruited by Liberal prime minister Lester Pearson to help derail the rising Quebec separatist movement.He served in various cabinet posts in the Trudeau government until 1975 (Secretary of State: 1968-1973, Minister of Communications: 1973-5), when he left the Liberal caucus and became ambassador to
France and then ambassador to theUnited Nations (1981-1984). In 1978 he was made a Companion of theOrder of Canada .External links
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