- Guy Favreau
Guy Favreau, PC , QC , BA , LL.B (
May 20 ,1917 –July 11 ,1967 ) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and judge.Born in
Montreal, Quebec , the son of Léopold Favreau and Béatrice Gagnon, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts and an LL.B. from theUniversité de Montréal . He was called to theBar of Quebec in 1940. He worked as a lawyer in Montreal from 1942 to 1952. In 1952, he became a member of the Restrictive Trade Practices Commission inOttawa . In 1955, he became AssistantDeputy Minister of Justice. He helped to create the Faculty of Civil Law at theUniversity of Ottawa and taught there as well. In 1960, he returned to Montreal to work as a private lawyer.He was elected as a Liberal in the riding of Papineau in the 1963 election, and was re-elected in 1965. He was Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (1963-1964), Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (1964-1965), President of the Privy Council (1965-1967), and Registrar General of Canada (1966-1967). As well, he was Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (1964) and Liberal Party House Leader (1964). Allegations regarding involvement in the prison escape of
Lucien Rivard had led to his downfall as Attorney General. ["Man who triggered Pearson scandal dies," "Daily Mercury", Guelph, Ontario: February 14, 2002, pg. A.11.]He was appointed a judge of the
Quebec Superior Court onApril 17 ,1967 , and died onJuly 11 ,1967 .Complexe Guy-Favreau , the federal government’s main building in Montreal, was built in 1983 and is named in his honour.References
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* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=3143&s=M Federal Political Biography from the Library of Parliament]
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