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Bryce Mackasey
Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs
In office
April 8, 1976 – September 13, 1976
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by André Ouellet
Succeeded by Tony Abbott
Postmaster General of Canada
In office
August 8, 1974 – September 13, 1976
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by André Ouellet
Succeeded by Jean-Jacques Blais
Minister of Manpower and Immigration
In office
January 28, 1972 – November 26, 1972
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by Otto Lang
Succeeded by Bob Andras
Minister of Labour
In office
July 5, 1968 – January 27, 1972
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by Jean-Luc Pépin
Succeeded by Martin O'Connell
Minister without portfolio
In office
February 9, 1968 – July 4, 1968
Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson
Pierre Trudeau
Member of Parliament
for Lincoln
In office
February 18, 1980 – September 3, 1984
Preceded by Ken Higson
Succeeded by Shirley Martin
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
In office
November 15, 1976 – April 25, 1978
Preceded by William Tetley
Succeeded by Reed Scowen
Member of Parliament
for Verdun
In office
June 18, 1962 – October 27, 1976
Preceded by Ken Higson
Succeeded by Shirley Martin
Personal details
Born
Bryce Stuart Mackasey

(1921-08-25)August 25, 1921
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Died September 5, 1999(1999-09-05) (aged 78)
Verdun, Quebec, Canada
Political party Liberal
Spouse
Margaret Cecilia O’Malley
(m. 1942)
Children 4
Education
Profession
  • Manufacturer
  • merchant
  • businessman

Bryce Stuart Mackasey 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.

Awards

In 1970, Mackasey received an honorary doctorate from Sir George Williams University, which later became Concordia University.

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