Pierre de Bané

بيير دي باينMinister of Fisheries and OceansIn office
September 30, 1982 – June 29, 1984Prime MinisterPierre TrudeauPreceded byRoméo LeBlancSucceeded byHerb BreauMinister of Regional Industrial ExpansionIn office
March 3, 1980 – January 11, 1982Prime MinisterPierre TrudeauPreceded byElmer MacKaySucceeded byHerb GrayMinister of Supply and ServicesIn office
November 24, 1978 – June 3, 1979Prime MinisterPierre TrudeauPreceded byJean-Pierre GoyerSucceeded byRoch LaSalleSenator for De la Vallière, QuebecIn office
June 29, 1984 – August 2, 2013Nominated byPierre TrudeauAppointed byJeanne SauvéPreceded byJean MarchandSucceeded byRaymonde Saint-GermainMember of Parliament
for Matapédia—MataneIn office
May 22, 1979 – June 28, 1984Preceded byRiding re-createdSucceeded byJean-Luc JoncasMember of Parliament
for MataneIn office
June 25, 1968 – May 21, 1979Preceded byRiding re-createdSucceeded byRiding dissolved Personal detailsBorn(1938-08-02)August 2, 1938
Haifa, Mandatory PalestineDiedJanuary 9, 2019(2019-01-09) (aged 80)
Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaPolitical partyLiberalSpouse Children1EducationProfession

Pierre De Bané PC QC (Arabic: بيير دي باين; August 2, 1938 – January 9, 2019) was a Canadian senator. He was the first Palestinian and the first person of Middle Eastern descent to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada in Matane and next Matapédia—Matane, and was a member of the Canadian Cabinet.^[1]

Early life and education

De Bané was born in Haifa, Palestine. His family then immigrated to Canada in 1947 to escape the looming war, and settled in Quebec. De Bané studied at Séminaire Saint-Joseph de Trois-Rivières, Collège Saint-Alexandre, University of Quebec and from law at Laval University.^[2]

Political career

He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 general election, and served as a Member of Parliament for sixteen years.

In 1978, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed De Bané to the Canadian Cabinet as the Minister of Supply and Services. He joined the opposition bench when the Liberals lost the 1979 election, but was reappointed to the Cabinet as the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion when the Liberals returned to power in 1980 election.

In 1982, De Bané became Minister of State for External Relations and, eight months later, he became the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. De Bané was named to the Senate by Trudeau days before he retired as Prime Minister.

De Bané was active on numerous Senate committees, particularly those dealing with fisheries, foreign affairs, and legal affairs and was also active in public life on the issue of Palestinian refugees.

He retired from the Senate upon turning 75 on August 2, 2013, and died on January 9, 2019, at the age of 80.^[3][4]

Archives

There is a Pierre de Bané fonds at Library and Archives Canada.^[5]

References

External links

• Pierre de Bané – Parliament of Canada biography
• Liberal Senate Forum