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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Canadian politician (1926–2023)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| honorific-prefix=[[The Honourable]]<br />
| name=Marcel Lessard<br />
| honorific-suffix={{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}}<br />
| image=Marcel Lessard.jpg<br />
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| caption=Lessard in the 1960s<br />
| birth_date={{Birth date|1926|8|14}}<br />
| birth_place=[[Alma, Quebec]], Canada<br />
| death_date={{Death date and age|2023|11|19|1926|8|14}}<br />
| death_place=[[Quebec City, Quebec]], Canada<br />
| spouse=Yvette Jean<br />
| residence=<br />
| riding=[[Lac-Saint-Jean]]<br />
| term_start=1968<br />
| term_end=1980<br />
| predecessor=[[Alcide Simard]]<br />
| successor=[[Pierre Gimaïel]]<br />
| profession=<br />
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| term_start2=1962<br />
| term_end2=1965<br />
| predecessor2=[[Roger Parizeau]]<br />
| successor2=Alcide Simard<br />
| party=[[Social Credit Party of Canada|Social Credit]] (until 1965)<br>[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] (after 1968)<br />
| religion=<br />
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|}}<br />
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'''Marcel Lessard''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (August 14, 1926 – November 19, 2023) was a Canadian politician.<br />
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Lessard was first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] as the [[Social Credit Party of Canada|Social Credit]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Lac-Saint-Jean]], [[Quebec]] as part of [[Réal Caouette]]'s breakthrough in the province in the [[1962 Canadian federal election|1962 election]]. He was re-elected in the [[1963 Canadian federal election|1963 election]].<br />
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The Social Credit Party [[Social Credit Party of Canada split, 1963|split soon after]] along English and French lines, however, Lessard declined to join the majority of Social Credit's Quebec MPs who followed Caouette into the ''[[Ralliement Créditiste]]'' and remained with the Alberta-based Social Credit Party led by [[Robert N. Thompson|Robert Thompson]] for the rest of the parliamentary term.<br />
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During the 1964 [[Great Canadian Flag Debate|Great Flag Debate]], Lessard was a member of the parliamentary committee that recommended the adoption of the [[Maple Leaf flag]].<br />
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In the [[1965 Canadian federal election|1965 federal election]], he ran as an independent candidate and was defeated by the ''Ralliement Créditiste'' candidate.<br />
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Lessard returned to the House in the [[1968 Canadian federal election|1968 election]] as a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]. In 1970, Lessard became [[parliamentary secretary]] to the [[Minister of Agriculture (Canada)|Minister of Agriculture]]. In 1975, he was appointed to the [[Canadian Cabinet|Cabinet]] as [[Minister of Regional Economic Expansion]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1FQ0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=YbkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3529,3193946&dq=marcel-lessard&hl=en|title=Cabinet lineup|date=September 27, 1975|work=[[Montreal Gazette]]|accessdate=15 November 2010}}</ref> He remained in that position until the [[1979 Canadian federal election|1979 election]] that defeated the Liberal government. Lessard retained his seat, and joined the Liberals on the [[Parliamentary opposition|Opposition]] benches. He retired from politics at the [[1980 Canadian federal election|1980 federal election]].<br />
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Lessard died at [[Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise]] in Quebec City on November 19, 2023, at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite news |last=|first=|date=|title=LESSARD, Marcel l'honorable m.p. c.p.|trans-title= |url=https://www.journaldequebec.com/2023/12/02/7f46554217/lessard-marcel---lhonorable-mp-cp|language=French|work=journaldequebec.com|location= |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=7920}}<br />
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[[Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs]]<br />
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