1. Lawrence Cannon, was born on December 6,1947 and is a Canadian politician from Quebec and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former Quebec lieutenant.
26 Facts About Lawrence Cannon
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Lawrence Cannon was defeated in the 2011 federal election by the NDP's Mathieu Ravignat.
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Lawrence Cannon was appointed as Canadian Ambassador to France in May 2012, and he served in that position until September 2017.
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Lawrence Cannon is the grand-nephew of Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon, a long-time Liberal politician and Supreme Court judge.
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Lawrence Cannon is the great-grandson of Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, defender of Louis Riel and former Senior Minister in Laurier's cabinet.
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The extended Lawrence Cannon family has had strong regional and national political influence in Canada for over a century and is considered to be influential as one of Canada's hereditary ruling class families, members having served in positions as lawyers, judges, Supreme Court judges, senators, ministers of defence, solicitors general, and members of parliament.
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Lawrence Cannon grew up fluently bilingual; his father was francophone while his mother was anglophone.
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Lawrence Cannon grew up alongside his older brother, Francis Cannon.
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Lawrence Cannon was educated at French speaking public junior and high schools.
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Lawrence Cannon graduated in political science from the Universite de Montreal in 1971; and then worked for Liberal Premier Robert Bourassa as correspondence secretary, leaving in 1976 for higher academic studies.
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Lawrence Cannon worked then in private sector as a financial analyst for Societe de developpement industriel until 1981; and then as head of Les Radiateurs Roy ltee from September 1981, to December 1985.
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Lawrence Cannon has been a long-time member of the Knights of Columbus.
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Lawrence Cannon then was elected in 1985 as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party to the National Assembly of Quebec for the provincial riding of La Peltrie; and then served as Parliamentary Secretary: notably to the Minister of Foreign Trade and Technological Development, and then Tourism.
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Lawrence Cannon was active with the federal Liberals supporting Sheila Copps in her attempt to win the federal 1990 Liberal leadership election won instead by Jean Chretien.
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Lawrence Cannon then remarried; and took an interest in Quebec local politics building a new constituency.
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Lawrence Cannon was elected as councillor for Gatineau City Council in 2001, representing Hull's Val-Tetreau District, under mayor Yves Ducharme.
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Lawrence Cannon served as president of the Societe de Transport de l'Outaouais from January 2002 to November 2005, while at the same time he was appointed president of the Association du transport urbain du Quebec.
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Lawrence Cannon had an especial sympathy for solving transport problems in Gatineau by road building rather than public transit approaches.
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Lawrence Cannon travelled extensively in Europe and the Americas both in and out of public life.
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In 2001, Lawrence Cannon was appointed to the Board of the World Commerce Institute, and then as president and general manager of AmeriContact for the Quebec City Summit of the Americas in Quebec City.
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Lawrence Cannon was named as Quebec lieutenant to party leader Stephen Harper.
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Many pundits had predicted that Lawrence Cannon would be named Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, but Harper chose not to retain that office.
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However, Lawrence Cannon was first on the list of ministers designated to fill in for Harper if he was unable to perform his duties, making him Deputy Prime Minister in practice if not in name.
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Lawrence Cannon was one of the higher-ranking Red Tories in the Harper cabinet.
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Lawrence Cannon was defeated in the 2011 election by NDP challenger Mathieu Ravignat, winning only 29.5 percent of the vote.
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Lawrence Cannon served in that position until September 2017, when he was succeeded by Isabelle Hudon.