Warren Allmand
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The Honourable Warren Allmand |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce |
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In office October 25, 1965 – February 2, 1997 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Edmund Tobin Asselin |
| Succeeded by | Marlene Jennings |
| Solicitor General of Canada | |
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In office November 27, 1972 – September 13, 1976 |
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| Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Goyer |
| Succeeded by | Francis Fox |
| Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development | |
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In office September 14, 1976 – September 15, 1977 |
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| Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Judd Buchanan |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Faulkner |
| Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs | |
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In office September 16, 1977 – June 3, 1979 |
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| Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Anthony Abbott |
| Succeeded by | Allan Lawrence |
| Personal details | |
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William Warren Allmand September 19, 1932 Montreal, Quebec |
| Died | December 7, 2016 (aged 84) Montreal, Quebec |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party |
Liberal Union Montreal |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Montreal, Quebec |
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| Profession | Lawyer |
William Warren Allmand, PC OC QC (September 19, 1932 – December 7, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Canada from 1965 to 1997. A member of the Liberal Party, he represented the Montreal riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. During his time as member of parliament, he served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau from 1972 to 1979. As Solicitor General, he introduced legislation that successfully abolished the death penalty in Canada in 1976.
After leaving federal politics, Allmand took on the role of human rights activist, and led the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development and the World Federalist Movement-Canada. He briefly returned to politics by serving a term from 2005–2009 as a Montreal city councillor under Gérald Tremblay's Union Montreal party, becoming Vice President of the city council. Allmand died on December 7, 2016 from terminal brain cancer.
William Warren Allmand was born in Montreal on September 19, 1932, and was raised in the Mile End neighbourhood. He had a Jesuit education at Loyola College in Montreal. He attended St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and graduated in 1954 with a degree in economics.
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