René Tremblay

The Hon. René Tremblay

Member of the Canadian Parliament for Matapédia—Matane
In office 1963–1968
Preceded by	Alfred Belzile
Succeeded by	The electoral district was abolished in 1966.
Personal details
Born	(1922-11-12)November 12, 1922 Luceville, Quebec
Died	January 22, 1968(1968-01-22) (aged 45)
Political party	Liberal
Cabinet	Minister Without Portfolio (1963–1964) Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (1964–1965) Postmaster General (1965)

René Tremblay, PC (November 12, 1922 – January 22, 1968) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Luceville, Quebec, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Matapédia—Matane in the 1963 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1965. From 1963 to 1964, he was a Minister without Portfolio. From 1964 to 1965, he was the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. In 1965, he was the Postmaster General.

External links

René Tremblay – Parliament of Canada biography

Postmasters General

Campbell O'Connor Macdonald Fournier Huntington Langevin Campbell O'Connor Campbell O'Connor Carling Campbell McLelan Carling (acting) Haggart Caron Taillon Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux Béland Pelletier Casgrain Blondin Belley Murphy Manion Veniot Sauvé Gobeil Elliott McLarty Power Ilsley (acting) Mulock Bertrand Rinfret Côté Pinard (acting) Lapointe Hamilton MacLean (acting) Fairclough Denis Nicholson Tremblay Côté Kierans Côté Ouellet Mackasey Blais Lamontagne Fraser Ouellet¹

¹The office of Postmaster General was abolished when the Post Office Department became a Crown Corporation known as the Canada Post Corporation on October 16, 1981.

Ministers of Citizenship and Immigration

Ministers of Citizenship and Immigration (1950–1966)¹	Harris Pickersgill Fulton (acting) Fairclough Bell Favreau Tremblay Nicholson Marchand

Ministers of Citizenship and Immigration (1994–2015)	Marchi Robillard Caplan Coderre Sgro Volpe Solberg Finley Kenney Alexander

Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (2015–)	McCallum

¹The office of Minister of Citizenship and Immigration was abolished and the office of Minister of Manpower and Immigration was proclaimed in force October 1, 1966.

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