Bernard Grandmaître
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Bernard C. Grandmaître, Template:Post-nominals (June 24, 1933 – October 28, 2025) was a Canadian politician from Ontario. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1984 to 1999 who represented the riding of Ottawa East. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.
Background
Grandmaître was born in Eastview, Ontario, and educated at Ottawa schools. He owned a small business in Vanier, Ontario for 13 years. He was named a life member of the Centre francophone de Vanier, and was active in the Knights of Columbus.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Grandmaître died on October 28, 2025, at the age of 92.[1]
Politics
Grandmaître was an alderman on the Vanier city council from 1969 to 1974, and served as its mayor from 1974 to 1980 and from 1982 to 1984.[2]
He ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1981 provincial election, but lost to Bob MacQuarrie in the riding of Carleton East (future NDP cabinet minister Evelyn Gigantes finished third).[3]
In government
On December 13, 1984, Grandmaître was elected in a by-election to succeed retiring MPP Albert Roy in the riding of Ottawa East.[2] This riding is one of the safest Liberal seats in the province, and Grandmaître was returned without difficulty in the 1985 provincial election.[4]
The Liberals formed a minority government after this election, and Grandmaître was appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs and Minister responsible for Francophone Affairs.[5] In the latter capacity, he played a major role in passing the province's French Language Services Act in 1986.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Liberals won a landslide majority in the 1987 election, and Grandmaître defeated his nearest opponent by almost 15,000 votes.[6] He was appointed Minister of Revenue on September 29, 1987, while retaining responsibility for Francophone Affairs.[7] His term in cabinet ended on August 2, 1989.[8]
Cabinet positions
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The Liberals were defeated by the NDP in the 1990 election, although Grandmaître again retained his seat without difficulty.[9] He was re-elected again in the 1995 election,[10] and retired in 1999. He endorsed Dalton McGuinty's bid to lead the Ontario Liberal Party in 1996.[11]
Electoral record
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Honours and awards
In 2013 he was made a member of the Order of Canada. His citation reads, "for fostering the vitality and growth of Ontario's Francophone community."[12] There is an arena named after him in Ottawa and a French Catholic school in the Riverside South neighbourhood of Ottawa that bears his name.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
References
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External links
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- 1933 births
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- Franco-Ontarian people
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- Members of the Executive Council of Ontario
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- People from the United Counties of Prescott and Russell
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