Jacques Flynn

Infobox_Politician
name = Jacques Flynn
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caption =
birth_date = August 22, 1915
birth_place = Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
death_date = September 21, 2000
residence =
office1 = Member of Parliament for Quebec South
term_start1 = 1958
term_end1 = 1962
predecessor1 = Francis Gavan Power
successor1 = Jean-Charles Cantin
office2 = Senator for Quebec
(Rougemont)
term_start2 = 1962
term_end2 = 1990
predecessor2 = Henri Courtemanche
successor2 = John Sylvain
party = Progressive Conservative
religion =
occupation = lawyer

Jacques Flynn, PC , OC , QC , LL.L , BA (August 22 1915 – September 21 2000) was a Canadian politician and Senator.

Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, the grandson of the Premier of Quebec Edmund James Flynn, he graduated in law from Université Laval in and was called to the Quebec Bar both in 1939.

A Progressive Conservative, Flynn ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1957 election. He won the riding of Quebec South in the 1958 election when John George Diefenbaker led the PC Party to a landslide victory.

Flynn became Deputy Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons in 1960. In December 1961, Prime Minister Diefenbaker brought Flynn into the Canadian Cabinet as Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys, a position he held until losing his seat in the 1962 election that reduced the Conservatives to a minority government. Later that year, he was appointed to the Senate.

Flynn served as Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 1967 until the 1979 election that brought the Tories back to power. Prime Minister Joe Clark brought Flynn into Cabinet as Minister of Justice. It was unusual for a Senator to hold such a senior cabinet portfolio, but as the Conservatives were elected with virtually no representation from Quebec, it was necessary to attempt to achieve regional balance in Cabinet by appointing Senators to the body.

With the defeat of the Clark government in the 1980 election, Flynn returned to the position of Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. He continued in that role until 1984. He remained in the Upper House until his retirement in 1990.

In 1993, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=920&s=M Political biography from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=3142 Order of Canada Citation] ministry box cabinet posts 1
post2=Minister of Justice
post2years=1979–1980
post2note=
post2preceded=
post2followed=Jean Chretien
post1=Leader of the Government in the Senate
post1years=1979–1980
post1note=
post1preceded=Ray Perrault
post1followed=Ray Perrault
succession box
before=Henri Courtemanche
title=Rougemont Senate division
years=1962-1990
after=John Sylvain