Joseph-Philippe Guay
Canadian politician
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Joseph-Philippe Guay, PC (October 4, 1915 – July 30, 2001) was a Canadian politician. He served as a Liberal Party member of parliament (MP) for the riding of St. Boniface in the House of Commons of Canada. He was later appointed to the Senate of Canada..
Joseph-Philippe Guay | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for St. Boniface | |
| In office 1968–1978 | |
| Preceded by | Roger Teillet |
| Succeeded by | Jack Hare |
| Canadian Senator from Manitoba | |
| In office 1978–1990 | |
| Appointed by | Pierre Trudeau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 4, 1915 St. Vital, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | July 30, 2001 (aged 85) |
| Party | Liberal |
Early life and career
Born in St. Vital, Manitoba, Guay was an alderman and mayor of Saint-Boniface, Manitoba before turning to federal politics. He won the St. Boniface Liberal nomination in the buildup to the 1968 federal election over the sitting member, cabinet minister Roger-Joseph Teillet. Guay campaigned on the fact that he, unlike Teillet, had supported Pierre Elliott Trudeau on every ballot of the 1968 Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention.[1] He was returned in the general election, and was re-elected in 1972 and 1974.
He held numerous parliamentary functions including: Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport (1972–1974), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion (1974–1975), Chief Government Whip (1975–1977), Minister of State (Multiculturalism) (1977), Minister without Portfolio (1976–1977), and Minister of National Revenue (1977–1978).
In 1978, he was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of St. Boniface, Manitoba. He retired on his 75th birthday in 1990.
In 1957, he was knighted as a member of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great by Pope Pius XII.
Electoral history
| 1974 Canadian federal election: Saint Boniface—Saint Vital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph-Philippe Guay | 21,853 | 42.6 | -1.9 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Hare | 18,604 | 36.2 | +10.1 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Garwood | 10,364 | 20.2 | -7.5 | ||||
| Social Credit | Thomas L. Cruickshank | 536 | 1.0 | -0.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 51,357 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1972 Canadian federal election: Saint Boniface—Saint Vital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph-Philippe Guay | 22,200 | 44.4 | -7.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joseph F. Sherwood | 13,857 | 27.7 | +0.6 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Peter Hillcoff | 13,033 | 26.1 | +7.2 | ||||
| Social Credit | Gilles J. Ouellet | 643 | 1.3 | -0.9 | ||||
| Independent | Russ Maley | 241 | 0.5 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 49,974 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1968 Canadian federal election: Saint Boniface—Saint Vital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph-Philippe Guay | 22,032 | 51.7 | +9.9 | ||||
| New Democratic | Harry Shafransky | 11,566 | 27.2 | +0.4 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Vaughan L. Baird | 8,048 | 18.9 | -12.6 | ||||
| Social Credit | Georges Forest | 949 | 2.2 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 42,595 | 100.0 | ||||||