Marc Garneau
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The Honourable Marc Garneau PC MP CC CD FCASI |
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| Minister of Transport | |
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Assumed office November 4, 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Lisa Raitt |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Westmount—Ville-Marie |
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In office October 14, 2008 – October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Lucienne Robillard |
| Succeeded by | Riding Abolished |
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Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau February 23, 1949 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Pamela Soame |
| Children | Yves Simone Adrien George |
| Residence | Westmount, Quebec, Canada |
| Alma mater |
Royal Military College of Canada, B.S. 1970 Imperial College London, Ph.D. 1973 Canadian Forces College |
| Website | Official website |
| NRC/CSA Astronaut | |
| Rank | Captain, RCN |
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Time in space
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29d 02h 01m |
| Selection | 1983 NRC Group |
| Missions |
STS-41-G (1984) STS-77 (1996) STS-97 (2000) |
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Mission insignia
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Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau, PC MP CC CD FCASI (born February 23, 1949) is a Canadian politician and the Minister of Transport in the Government of Canada. He is a retired military officer, former astronaut, and engineer; Garneau was the first Canadian in space taking part in three flights aboard NASA Space shuttles in 1984, 1996 and 2000. Garneau was the president of the Canadian Space Agency from 2001 to 2006, and in 2003 was installed as the ninth Chancellor of Carleton University in Ottawa.
Garneau has served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount, and its predecessor Westmount—Ville-Marie, in Montreal since the 2008 federal election, winning by over 9000 votes. He was re-elected to the House of Commons in the 2011 federal election by 642 votes, and in the 2015 federal election with a majority of over 18,000. Previously, he unsuccessfully stood in the riding of Vaudreuil-Soulanges at the 2006 federal election.
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