Bryce Mackasey
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = The Honourable
| name = Bryce Mackasey
| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}}
| image =
| caption =
| office = Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs
| primeminister = Pierre Trudeau
| term_start = April 8, 1976
| term_end = September 13, 1976
| predecessor = André Ouellet
| successor = Tony Abbott
| office1 = Postmaster General of Canada
| primeminister1 = Pierre Trudeau
| term_start1 = August 8, 1974
| term_end1 = September 13, 1976
| predecessor1 = André Ouellet
| successor1 = Jean-Jacques Blais
| office2 = Minister of Manpower and Immigration
| primeminister2 = Pierre Trudeau
| term_start2 = January 28, 1972
| term_end2 = November 26, 1972
| predecessor2 = Otto Lang
| successor2 = Bob Andras
| office3 = Minister of Labour
| primeminister3 = Pierre Trudeau
| term_start3 = July 5, 1968
| term_end3 = January 27, 1972
| predecessor3 = Jean-Luc Pépin
| successor3 = Martin O'Connell
| office4 = Minister without portfolio
| primeminister4 = Lester B. Pearson
Pierre Trudeau
| term_start4 = February 9, 1968
| term_end4 = July 4, 1968
| riding5 = Lincoln
| parliament5 = Canadian
| term_start5 = February 18, 1980
| term_end5 = September 3, 1984
| predecessor5 = Ken Higson
| successor5 = Shirley Martin
| office6 = Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
| term_start6 = November 15, 1976
| term_end6 = April 25, 1978
| predecessor6 = William Tetley
| successor6 = Reed Scowen
| riding7 = Verdun
| parliament7 = Canadian
| term_start7 = June 18, 1962
| term_end7 = October 27, 1976
| predecessor7 = Ken Higson
| successor7 = Shirley Martin
| birth_name = Bryce Stuart Mackasey
| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|08|25}}
| birth_place = Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|09|05|1921|08|25}}
| death_place = Verdun, Quebec, Canada
| restingplace =
| party = Liberal
| children = 4
| profession = {{hlist|Manufacturer|merchant| businessman}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Margaret Cecilia O’Malley|1942}}
| education = {{plainlist|
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Bryce Stuart Mackasey {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (August 25, 1921 – September 5, 1999) was a Canadian politician and diplomat. He served as twice a Member of Parliament, as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, and as ambassador to Portugal.
Career
Born in Quebec City, Quebec, Mackasey was elected as a Liberal candidate in the riding of Verdun in the 1962 federal election. He was re-elected in the 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, and 1974 elections. He resigned in 1976 to run in the Quebec provincial election that year, and was elected to the Quebec National Assembly for the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. He resigned in 1978 to run in a federal by-election in the riding of Ottawa Centre, but was defeated. From 1978 to 1979, he served briefly as President of Air Canada. He was re-elected in the riding of Lincoln in the 1980 election.
Mackasey held numerous ministerial positions including Labour, Manpower and Immigration, Secretary of State, Postmaster General of Canada and Consumer and Corporate Affairs.
Controversy
When Mackasey left office in 1984 Prime Minister John Turner appointed him Ambassador to Portugal; this led to Conservative leader Brian Mulroney's famous comment about patronage, "There's no whore like an old whore".{{cite news|title=Off-the-record chats can go off the rails|work=The Globe and Mail|date=2005-12-16|page=A9}} Mulroney canceled the appointment shortly after he was elected and appointed former Speaker of the House Lloyd Francis in Mackasey's place.
Awards
In 1970, Mackasey received an honorary doctorate from Sir George Williams University, which later became Concordia University.{{Cite web|url=http://archives.concordia.ca/mackasey|title=Honorary Degree Citation - Bryce Mackasey* {{!}} Concordia University Archives|website=archives.concordia.ca|access-date=2016-03-30}}
References
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External links
- {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=5347}}
- {{QuebecMNAbio|mackasey-bryce-stuart-4275}}
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{{CA-Ministers of Labour}}
{{CA-Ministers of Manpower and Immigration}}
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Category:Ambassadors of Canada to Portugal
Category:Anglophone Quebec people
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Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
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Category:Politicians from Quebec City
Category:Postmasters general of Canada
Category:Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec