Appointed by Brian Mulroney Role Political figure Preceded by Jean Le Moyne Education Universite de Montreal | Succeeded by Yoine Goldstein Name Gerald Beaudoin Resigned 2004 | |
Born April 15, 1929
Montreal, Quebec ( 1929-04-15 ) Other political
affiliations Progressive Conservative (1988–2004) Died September 10, 2008, Hull, Canada Party Conservative Party of Canada Books Federalism for the future | ||
Political party Conservative (2004) | ||
Gérald A. Beaudoin OC OQ MSRC (April 15, 1929 – September 10, 2008) was a Canadian lawyer and Senator.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a B.A., an LL.L and an M.A. from the Université de Montréal. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1954.
He was appointed to the Senate in 1988 representing the Senatorial division of Rigaud, Quebec. He retired at the mandatory age of 75 in 2004. He sat as a Progressive Conservative and then as a Conservative.
After his political career, he taught constitutional law at the faculty of civil law at the University of Ottawa.
Honours
In 1980, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2001, he was made a Commander of the Order of the Crown. In 2004 he received the French Legion of Honor. In 2008, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.