Jean-Luc Pépin
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The Right Honourable Jean-Luc Pépin PC CC |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Drummond—Arthabaska |
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In office 1963–1968 |
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| Preceded by | David Ouellet |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Drummond |
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In office 1968–1972 |
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| Preceded by | Riding created |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Marie Boisvert |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Ottawa—Carleton |
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In office 1979–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Jean Pigott |
| Succeeded by | Barry Turner |
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November 1, 1924 Drummondville, Quebec |
| Died | September 5, 1995 (aged 70) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Cabinet | Minister for External Relations (1983–1984) Minister responsible for La Francophonie (1983–1984) Minister of State (External Relations) (1983) Minister of Transport (1980–1983) Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce (1969–1972) Minister of Industry (1968–1969) Minister of Trade and Commerce (1968–1969) Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources (1968) Minister of Labour (1968) Minister of Trade and Commerce, Acting (1968) Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources (1966–1968) Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys (1965–1966) Minister Without Portfolio (1965) |
| Portfolio | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Trade and Commerce (1963–1965) |
| Religion | Catholic |
Jean-Luc Pépin, PC CC (November 1, 1924 – September 5, 1995) was a Canadian academic, politician and Cabinet minister.
Pepin was a political science professor at the University of Ottawa when he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1963 election as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) from Quebec.
From 1965 to 1972, he served in the cabinets of Prime Ministers Lester B. Pearson and Pierre Trudeau in various capacities, including Minister of Mines and Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce overseeing the decision to have Canada adopt the metric system.
He lost his seat in the 1972 election, and retired from public life until 1975 when Trudeau appointed him to chair the Anti-Inflation Board.
In 1977, he and former Premier of Ontario John Robarts were appointed to head the "Task Force on Canadian Unity". This task force was created by the federal government as a response to the election of the Parti Québécois, which seeks political independence for Quebec in the 1976 provincial election.
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