Guy Favreau

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1917–1967)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Guy Favreau

| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|QC|size=100%}}

| image = Guy Favreau portrait 1966.jpg

| caption = Favreau, {{circa|1966}}

| office = President of the Privy Council

| primeminister = Lester B. Pearson

| term_start = 7 July 1965

| term_end = 3 April 1967

| predecessor = George McIlraith

| successor = Walter L. Gordon

|office1 = Minister of Justice
Attorney General of Canada

|primeminister1 = Lester B. Pearson

|term_start1 = 3 February 1964

|term_end1 = 29 June 1965

|predecessor1 = Lionel Chevrier

|successor1 = George McIlraith (acting)

| office2 = Leader of the Government in the House of Commons

| primeminister2 = Lester B. Pearson

| term_start2 = 18 February 1964

| term_end2 = 29 October 1964

| predecessor2 = Jack Pickersgill

| successor2 = George McIlraith

| office3 = Minister of Manpower and Immigration

| primeminister3 = Lester B. Pearson

| term_start3 = 22 April 1963

| term_end3 = 2 February 1964

| predecessor3 = Dick Bell

| successor3 = René Tremblay

| riding4 = Papineau

| parliament4 = Canadian

| term_start4 = 8 April 1963

| term_end4 = 3 April 1967

| predecessor4 = Adrien Meunier

| successor4 = André Ouellet

| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|05|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1967|07|11|1917|05|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| nationality =

| spouse = {{marriage|Francoise

Laflamme|1944}}

| party = Liberal

| relations =

| children = 4

| residence =

| alma_mater = Université de Montréal (BA, LLB)

| occupation =

| profession = {{hlist|Lecturer|legal counsel|lawyer}}

| religion =

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Guy Favreau {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|QC}} (20 May 1917 – 11 July 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 the Université de Montréal. He was called to the Bar 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 in Ottawa. In 1955, he became Assistant Deputy Minister of Justice. He helped to create the Faculty of Civil Law at the University 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), Minister of Indian Affairs (1963–1964) 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 on April 17, 1967, but he died shortly afterward. He was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.{{Cite book|title=Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société|publisher=Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery|location=Montreal|language=fr}}

The Complexe Guy-Favreau, the federal government's main building in Montreal, was built in 1983 and is named in his honour.