Roch Pinard

The Hon. Roch Pinard

Member of the Canadian Parliament for Chambly—Rouville
In office 1945–1957
Preceded by	Vincent Dupuis
Succeeded by	Yvon L'Heureux
Personal details
Born	(1910-07-26)July 26, 1910 Nicolet, Quebec
Died	April 23, 1974(1974-04-23) (aged 63)
Political party	Liberal
Cabinet	Secretary of State of Canada (1954-1957) Postmaster General (Acting) (1955)
Portfolio	Parliamentary Assistant to the Secretary of State for External Affairs (1953-1954)

Roch Pinard, PC (July 26, 1910 – April 23, 1974) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Nicolet, Quebec, he was a lawyer before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons in Quebec the riding of Chambly—Rouville in 1945 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in the 1949 election and the 1953 election. From 1954 to 1957, he was the Secretary of State of Canada and in 1955 he was the Postmaster General (Acting).

References

Roch Pinard – 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.

Secretaries of State of Canada

Langevin Aikins Christie Scott Aikins O'Connor Mousseau Chapleau Patterson Costigan Dickey Montague Ouimet (acting) Daly (acting) Tupper Scott Murphy Roche Coderre Blondin Patenaude Sévigny (acting) Meighen Burrell Sifton Drayton (acting) Monty Copp Foster Murphy (acting) Lapointe Perley Rinfret Cahan Rinfret Lapointe Casgrain McLarty Martin Gibson Bradley Pickersgill Pinard Fairclough Courtemanche Balcer Dorion Balcer Halpenny Pickersgill Lamontagne LaMarsh Connolly Marchand Pelletier Faulkner Roberts MacDonald Fox Regan Joyal McLean B. Bouchard Crombie L. Bouchard Weiner de Cotret Landry¹

¹The department was eliminated in 1993 when the government was reorganized. The position of Secretary of State for Canada was not legally eliminated until 1996 when its remaining responsibilities were assigned to other cabinet positions and departments, particularly the newly created position of Minister of Canadian Heritage.

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