Maurice Lamontagne, was a Canadian

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 economist and politician.

Born in Mont-Joli, Quebec

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, he graduated from Université Laval

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 with a master's degree in social science and Harvard University

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 with a master's in economics. He was a professor of economics at Université Laval. In 1954, he became an assistant deputy minister in the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources. In 1957, he joined the faculty of the University of Ottawa

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 as a professor of economics. From 1958 to 1963, he served as an adviser to Lester Pearson.

In 1958

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, he ran unsuccessfully as the Liberal

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 candidate for the Canadian House of Commons

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 in the riding of Quebec East

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. He was defeated again in 1962

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. He was elected in 1963

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 in the riding of Outremont—St-Jean and re-elected in 1965

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. From 1963 to 1964, he was the President of the Privy Council. From 1964 to 1965, he was the Secretary of State of Canada.

He was a member of the Club of Rome

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.

In 1967, he was called to the Canadian Senate

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 representing the senatorial division of Inkerman, Quebec. He served until his death in 1983.

The Maurice Lamontagne Institute

Maurice Lamontagne Institute

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 is named in his honour.

External links

• Maurice Lamontagne at The Canadian Encyclopedia
  The Canadian Encyclopedia
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