- Bryce Mackasey
Bryce Stuart Mackasey, PC (
August 25 ,1921 –September 5 ,1999 ) was a Canadian Member of Parliament,Cabinet minister , and Ambassador toPortugal .Born in
Quebec City, Quebec , he was elected as a Liberal candidate in the riding of Verdun in the 1962 federal election. He was re-elected in the 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, and 1974 elections. He resigned in 1976 to run in the Quebec provincial election that year, and was elected to theQuebec National Assembly for the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. He resigned in 1978 to run in a federal by-election in the riding ofOttawa Centre , but was defeated. From 1978 to 1979, he served briefly as President ofAir Canada . He was re-elected in the riding of Lincoln in the 1980 election.He held numerous ministerial positions including Labour, Manpower and Immigration, State,
Postmaster General of Canada and Consumer and Corporate Affairs.In 1984, upon leaving office, Prime Minister
John Turner appointed him Ambassador to Portugal; this led to Conservative leaderBrian Mulroney 's famous comment about patronage, "There's no whore like an old whore". [cite news|title=Off-the-record chats can go off the rails|work=The Globe and Mail |date=2005-12-16|page=A9] Mulroney canceled the appointment shortly after he was elected and appointed Liberal former Speaker of the HouseLloyd Francis in Mackasey's place.References
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years=1976–1978
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