13 Facts About Marcel Prud'homme

Marcel Prud'homme, was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Senate and the House of Commons of Canada.

Dr Marcel Prud'homme served as a city councillor which gave the younger Marcel Prud'homme exposure to politics.

Marcel Prud'homme completed a BA in social sciences, economics and politics at the University of Ottawa in 1959, then studying law at the University of Montreal.

Marcel Prud'homme was elected president of both the Young Liberals of Canada and president of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa in 1958.

Marcel Prud'homme became lifelong friends with Brian Mulroney as a result of debating him at model parliaments and student conferences.

Marcel Prud'homme almost entered Quebec provincial politics in the 1960 provincial election being offered the Quebec Liberal Party's nomination in Montreal-Laurier, only to be asked to step aside at the last minute for star candidate Rene Levesque.

Marcel Prud'homme was first elected to the House of Commons in a 1964 by-election as Liberal MP for Saint-Denis, Quebec.

Marcel Prud'homme served as Parliamentary Secretary from 1971 to 1974 to the Minister of Manpower and Immigration, Secretary of State for Canada, and to the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion successively.

For most of his career Marcel Prud'homme was a backbencher.

On July 1,1992, Marcel Prud'homme was appointed to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada in honour of his longstanding personal friendship with then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

Marcel Prud'homme resigned in 2009 at 75 as the law required.

Marcel Prud'homme, who had suffered from heart and kidney ailments for several years, died in Ottawa, Ontario on January 25,2017, aged 82, due to complications after a fall.

Marcel Prud'homme was awarded honours by Morocco, Cuba and Hungary and was granted an honorary doctorate by the University of Algiers as well as five Canadian commemorative medals.