Marcel Massé | |
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| President of the Treasury Board | |
| In office January 25, 1996 – August 2, 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Jean Chrétien |
| Preceded by | Art Eggleton |
| Succeeded by | Lucienne Robillard |
| President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada | |
| In office November 4, 1993 – January 24, 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Jean Chrétien |
| Preceded by | Pierre Blais |
| Succeeded by | Stéphane Dion |
| Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs | |
| In office November 4, 1993 – January 24, 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Jean Chrétien |
| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | Stéphane Dion |
| Member of Parliament forHull—Aylmer | |
| In office October 25, 1993 – September 10, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Gilles Rocheleau |
| Succeeded by | Marcel Proulx |
Marcel MasséPC OC KC (born June 23, 1940) is aCanadianpolitician andcivil servant.
Massé was born inMontreal, Quebec in 1940 and graduated fromMcGill University andPembroke College, Oxford (asRhodes Scholar in 1963). He served asClerk of the Privy Council in 1979 during the government ofPrime MinisterJoe Clark. In his distinguished public service career, he also served as President of theCanadian International Development Agency, on two occasions; was undersecretary for external affairs; and represented Canada as its executive director at theInternational Monetary Fund,World Bank andInter-American Development Bank.
Massé's career in elected politics began when he ran as a candidate forJean Chrétien'sLiberal Party in the1993 federal election. He was elected to theHouse of Commons of Canada asMember of Parliament forHull—Aylmer. The incumbent,Gilles Rocheleau, had joined the sovereigntistBloc Québécois in 1990 after theMeech Lake Accord failed. However, Rocheleau found himself running as a sovereigntist in a strongly federalist riding. Massé routed him by almost 13,700 votes, reverting the seat to its traditional status as a Liberal stronghold; before Rocheleau's brief stint in the Bloc, the riding had been in Liberal hands without interruption since its creation in 1914.
Following the election, he was appointed to theCanadian Cabinet asMinister of Intergovernmental Affairs,President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible forPublic Service Renewal.
In 1996, aCabinet shuffle moved him to the positions ofPresident of the Treasury Board andMinister responsible for Infrastructure.
Massé was re-elected in the1997 election, but retired from Cabinet in 1999 and resigned his seat in the House of Commons.
In 1985, he was made an Officer of theOrder of Canada.
After theLiberal Party of Canada's leadership convention in December 2006 he was asked to join the transition team of newly elected leaderStéphane Dion. He served as Dion's Principal Secretary in the Office of the Leader of the Official Opposition for a period after Dion's selection as leader. He later left the post for health reasons.
| 1997 Canadian federal election:Hull—Aylmer | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Marcel Massé | 25,835 | 54.11 | $47,001 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Ginette Tétreault | 9,922 | 20.78 | $31,255 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stéphane Rondeau | 8,461 | 17.72 | $7,680 | ||||
| New Democratic | Peter Piening | 1,317 | 2.76 | $665 | ||||
| Reform | Camille Fortin | 935 | 1.96 | $1,308 | ||||
| Green | Gail Walker | 586 | 1.23 | $116 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Ron Gray | 275 | 0.58 | $1,320 | ||||
| Natural Law | Robert Mayer | 266 | 0.56 | $0 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Pierre Soublière | 151 | 0.32 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,748 | 100.00 | $61,239 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,114 | |||||||
| Turnout | 48,862 | 70.44 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 69,366 | |||||||
| Sources:Official Results, Elections Canada andFinancial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election:Hull—Aylmer | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Marcel Massé | 27,988 | 53.26 | – | $54,753 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gilles Rocheleau | 14,293 | 27.20 | $38,257 | ||||
| Non-Affiliated | Tony Cannavino | 4,583 | 8.72 | $53,805 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Pierre Chénier | 3,244 | 6.17 | $49,356 | ||||
| New Democratic Party | Francine Bourque | 1,346 | 2.56 | $12,759 | ||||
| Green | George Halpern | 468 | 0.89 | $473 | ||||
| Natural Law | Robert Mayer | 401 | 0.76 | $225 | ||||
| Marxist-Leninist | Françoise Roy | 162 | 0.31 | $80 | ||||
| Abolitionist | Linda Dubois | 63 | 0.12 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 52,548 | 100.00 | – | $56,938 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 873 | |||||||
| Turnout | 53,421 | 76.95 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 69,419 | |||||||
| Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken fromofficial contributions and expenses provided byElections Canada. | ||||||||
| Parliament of Canada | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament fromHull—Aylmer 1993–1999 | Succeeded by |
| 26th Canadian Ministry (1993-2003) – Cabinet ofJean Chrétien | ||
| Cabinet posts (3) | ||
| Predecessor | Office | Successor |
| Art Eggleton | President of the Treasury Board 1996–1999 | Lucienne Robillard |
| position created | Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs 1993–1996 | Stéphane Dion |
| Pierre Blais | President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada 1993–1996 | Stéphane Dion |
| Special Cabinet Responsibilities | ||
| Predecessor | Title | Successor |
| Art Eggleton | Minister responsible for Infrastructure 1996–1999 | ? |
| position created | Minister responsible for Public Service Renewal 1993–1996 | position abolished |
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