Raymond Setlakwe

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| name = Raymond C. Setlakwe

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| office = Senator for The Laurentides

| predecessor = Arthur Tremblay

| successor = Madeleine Plamondon

| appointed = Jean Chrétien

| term_start = 20 June 2000

| term_end = 3 July 2003

| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|7|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|14|1928|7|3|df=y}}

| death_place = Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada

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| party = Liberal

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Raymond C. Setlakwe, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} (3 July 1928 – 14 October 2021) was a Canadian entrepreneur, lawyer and senator.

Biography

Born in Thetford Mines, Quebec, of Armenian descent, Setlakwe graduated from Bishop's College School and received a Bachelor of Arts from Bishop's University and an L.L.L from Université Laval in Quebec. He was summoned to the Senate in 2000 on the advice of Jean Chrétien and represented the senatorial division of The Laurentides, Quebec. He was a member of the Liberal caucus and retired at the age of 75 in 2003. In 1996, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. On 4 June 2016, the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, J. Michel Doyon, presented Setlakwe with the prestigious ‘Outstanding Merit” medal, due to his professional background and his extensive involvement in various social causes in the Thetford area.{{cite news | url= http://www.courrierfrontenac.qc.ca/communaute/2016/7/12/remise-des-medailles-du-lieutenant-gouve-4585763.html | title= Lieutenant Governor Medals Presented | newspaper= Courrier Frontenac | date= 12 July 2016 | accessdate= 23 February 2017}}

Setlakwe played a role in the Canadian recognition of the Armenian genocide, taking on the cause in the Senate, culminating in the June 2002{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=Senate of|date=22 July 2016|title=Senate of Canada - Debates|url=https://sencanada.ca/en/in-the-chamber/debates/|access-date=24 April 2021|website=Senate of Canada|language=en}} recognition of the upper house. The Senator stated: "Humanity is far from being safe from a repetition of this massacre. Therefore, it is all the more important that the genocide be recognized," he added, "Africa and many other places in the world are threatened by this sort of barbaric behaviour." He died on 14 October 2021, aged 93 at a hospital in Thetford Mines.{{Cite web|url=https://monthetford.com/deces-de-raymond-setlakwe/|title=Décès de Raymond Setlakwe|first=Alain|last=Faucher|date=15 October 2021| lang=fr}}{{Cite web|url=https://gamachenadeau.ca/fr/avis/fiche/+raymond-c-setlakwe|title = Décès de Raymond C. Setlakwe}}

His niece Michelle Setlakwe was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election.Susan Schwartz, [https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/liberals-retain-strongholds-in-central-and-western-montreal "Liberals retain strongholds in central and western Montreal"]. Montreal Gazette, October 4, 2022.

References

External links

{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=6075}}

Category:1928 births

Category:2021 deaths

Category:Bishop's College School alumni

Category:Bishop's University alumni

Category:Canadian people of Armenian descent

Category:Canadian senators from Quebec

Category:Liberal Party of Canada senators

Category:Members of the Order of Canada

Category:People from Thetford Mines

Category:Université Laval alumni

Category:Université Laval Faculté de droit alumni

Category:21st-century members of the Senate of Canada