Normand Grimard

The Hon. Normand Grimard
Senator for Québec, Quebec
In office September 27, 1990 – June 16, 2000
Appointed by	Brian Mulroney
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Born	June 16, 1925 (1925-06-16) (age 86) Rigaud, Quebec
Political party	Progressive Conservative

Normand Grimard (born June 16, 1925) is French Canadian lawyer and former politician.

Born in Rigaud, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Joseph Seminary, Trois-Rivières in 1946 and a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1949 from Laval University. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1949 and was created a Queen's Counsel in 1959. A practicing lawyer, he worked in mining law at the Chambre de commerce du Québec.

In a 1977 by-election and the 1979 federal elections, he ran unsuccessfully as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the Quebec riding of Témiscamingue.

In 1990, he was summoned to the Canadian Senate on the advise of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Mulroney used a little-known constitutional provision to increase the number of senators by eight temporarily, thus giving the Progressive Conservatives a majority in the upper chamber needed to pass the Goods and Services Tax legislation. A Progressive Conservative, he represented the senatorial division of Quebec until he retired in 2000. He was Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee - Privileges, Standing Rules and Orders.

He is the author of L'indispensable Sénat: défense d'une institution mal aimée, a book in which he defends the existence of the Senate.

References

• "Debates of the Senate (Hansard)". http://www.parl.gc.ca/36/2/parlbus/chambus/senate/deb-e/067db_2000-06-15-E.htm?Language=E&Parl=36&Ses=2#0.2.W54BJ2.R839RJ.2C0NPH.ZS. Retrieved October 25, 2006. 
• "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". University of Toronto Press. http://utpress.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=griffin&t=25895&d=1266. Retrieved October 25, 2006. 

External links

• Normand Grimard - Parliament of Canada biography

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Name	Grimard, Normand
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Date of birth	June 16, 1925
Place of birth	Rigaud, Quebec
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