15 Facts About Eugene Forsey

Eugene Forsey was considered to be one of Canada's foremost constitutional experts.

Eugene Forsey was a supporter of the Conservative Party led by Arthur Meighen until he went to Balliol College, Oxford, on a Rhodes Scholarship during which he was converted to democratic socialism.

In 1924 Eugene Forsey was employed by Vincent Massey as a tutor for the two Massey boys at their Batterwood home near Canton, Ontario.

Eugene Forsey was free to enjoy Massey's extensive library, and socialized with the many visitors.

From 1929 to 1941, Eugene Forsey served as a lecturer in economics and political science at McGill University.

Eugene Forsey later taught Canadian government at Carleton University in Ottawa and Canadian government and Canadian labour history at the University of Waterloo.

Eugene Forsey was president of the CCF in Quebec in the 1930s.

Eugene Forsey spent a number of years working for the CCF, and then as research director for the Canadian Congress of Labour and its successor, the Canadian Labour Congress.

Eugene Forsey was a candidate for the party in the Ottawa area riding of Carleton in a 1948 by-election, but lost to the new Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leader George Drew.

Eugene Forsey ran and lost again in the 1949 election.

Eugene Forsey remained in that position until he resigned in 1962 because of policy differences.

Shortly after the formation of the New Democratic Party from the alliance of the CLC with the CCF, Eugene Forsey resigned from the party because of its constitutional policy which viewed Quebec as a nation within Canada.

Eugene Forsey retired from the upper house on reaching the age of 75 in 1979, and turned down an offer from the Liberals to run for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada.

Eugene Forsey subsequently resigned from the Liberal Party in 1982 due to disagreements with the proposed changes to the Constitution of Canada.

Eugene Forsey was appointed to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on June 10,1985.