Pierre de Bané

Pierre De Bané
بيير دي باين
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
In office
September 30, 1982 – June 29, 1984
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byRoméo LeBlanc
Succeeded byHerb Breau
Minister of Regional Economic Expansion
In office
March 3, 1980 – January 11, 1982
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byElmer MacKay
Succeeded byHerb Gray
Minister of Supply and Services
In office
November 24, 1978 – June 3, 1979
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byJean-Pierre Goyer
Succeeded byRoch LaSalle
Senator for De la Vallière, Quebec
In office
June 29, 1984 – August 2, 2013
Nominated byPierre Trudeau
Appointed byJeanne Sauvé
Preceded byJean Marchand
Succeeded byRaymonde Saint-Germain
Member of Parliament
for Matapédia—Matane
In office
May 22, 1979 – June 28, 1984
Preceded byRiding re-created
Succeeded byJean-Luc Joncas
Member of Parliament
for Matane
In office
June 25, 1968 – May 21, 1979
Preceded byRiding re-created
Succeeded byRiding dissolved
Personal details
Born(1938-08-02)August 2, 1938
DiedJanuary 9, 2019(2019-01-09) (aged 80)
PartyLiberal
Spouse
Elisabeth Nadeau
(m. 1980)
Children1
Education
Profession
  • Lawyer
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Pierre De Bané PC QC (Arabic: بيير دي باين; August 2, 1938 – January 9, 2019) was a Canadian politician who served in both the House of Commons of Canada and the Senate. Elected as the Member of Parliament for Matane in 1968, he was the first Palestinian, the first person of Middle Eastern descent, and the first visible minority person not born in Canada to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada. He was a member of the Canadian Cabinet during the Trudeau Sr. Ministry.