Claude Castonguay
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The Hon. Claude Castonguay |
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Claude Castonguay in 2015
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| Senator for Stadacona, Quebec | |
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In office September 23, 1990 – December 9, 1992 |
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| Appointed by | Brian Mulroney |
| Preceded by | Martial Asselin |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Claude Rivest |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Louis-Hébert | |
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In office April 29, 1970 – October 28, 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Jean Lesage |
| Succeeded by | Gaston Desjardins |
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May 8, 1929 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party |
Progressive Conservative (fed.) Liberal (prov.) |
Claude Castonguay, CC GOQ (born May 8, 1929) is a Canadian politician, educator and businessman.
Born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Émile Castonguay and Jeanne Gauvin, he studied at Université Laval and studied actuary science at the University of Manitoba.
He taught at Université Laval from 1951 until 1957. He was elected in the 1970 Quebec election to the National Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Louis-Hebert. He served as Minister of Health, Family and Social Welfare. He did not run in 1973. In 1978, he was the President-elect of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. From 1982 until 1989, he was the chief executive officer of the Laurentian Group Corporation and president of the Laurentian Bank of Canada. From 1989 to 1990, he was the chairman of the Conference Board of Canada. He was the Chancellor of the Université de Montréal from 1986 until 1990.
He was appointed to the Senate, as a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus. He represented the senatorial division of Stadacona, Quebec, on September 23, 1990. He resigned on December 9, 1992.
During the 1960s, the Jean Lesage Quebec government mandated Castonguay to chair a Commission (with Gerard Nepveu)- The Commission on health care and social services (Commission d’enquête sur les services de santé et les services sociaux)- on the state of health care in Quebec much of which, before the Quiet Revolution, was still largely under the jurisdiction of the Clergy. The result was the Castonguay-Nepveu Report published in 1967. This report recommended a new state-run health insurance policy, a new health care network, as well as a new network of social service clinics now known as the CLSC. The plan was to give a broader access to health and psychiatric care for the Quebec population. Major changes were made following the recommendation, most notably the introduction of hospitalisation and medication insurance. Castonguay is so closely identified with health care in Quebec that many people refer to the Quebec health card (Carte d’assurance-maladie au Québec) as a Castonguette.
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