Joseph-Philippe Guay (1915-2001)

Merchant, municipal official, MP (1968-1972), MP (1973-1974), MP (1974-1979), Senator.

Born at St. Vital, Manitoba on 4 October 1915, he served as President of the Manitoba Association of Urban Municipalities in 1962, and an alderman and Mayor of St. Boniface (1960 to 1968). In 1968, he was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament for St. Boniface, being re-elected in 1972 and 1974. He held numerous portfolios including Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport (1972 to 1974), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion (1974 to 1975), Chief Government Whip (1975 to 1977), Minister of State (Multiculturalism) (1977), Minister without Portfolio (1976 to 1977), and Minister of National Revenue (1977 to 1978). In the latter year, he was appointed to the Senate, retiring on his 75^th birthday in 1990. He died on 30 July 2001.

Source:

Parliamentary file for J.-P. Guay, PARLINFO.

Profile revised: 28 August 2009

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