Herb Breau
| The Hon. Herb Breau |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Gloucester |
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| In office 1968–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Hédard Robichaud |
| Succeeded by | Roger Clinch |
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| Born | December 5, 1944 Haut Sheila, New Brunswick |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Cabinet | Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (June 30, 1984 - September 16, 1984) |
| Committees | Chair, Special Committee on the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements (1980-1983) Chair, Special Committee on North-South Relations (1980-1983) |
| Portfolio | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce (1972-1973) Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources (1974) Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State for External Affairs (1974-1975) |
Herb Breau, PC (born December 5, 1944) is a Canadian businessman and former politician.
Born in Haut-Sheila, New Brunswick, Breau was a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) representing Gloucester from the 1968 election until his defeat in the 1984 election that reduced the Liberal caucus to only 40 MPs.
Breau served as a parliamentary secretary in the 1970s. He served as chairman of the Parliamentary Task Forces on North-South Relations and on Fiscal Federalism in Canada, chairman of the Parliamentary Association of Canada-United States from 1977 to 1981, and a member of the Trilateral Commission from 1981 to 1984.
Breau was appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Fisheries and Oceans when John Turner became Prime Minister of Canada in June 1984. His ministerial career ended just over two months later as a result of the election that defeated the Turner government.
He entered the private sector following the end of his political career, and has most recently been an executive at Syscan International, serving as Acting Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2001.
Breau served on the board of governors of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in the 1990s as an appointee of the federal government.
Breau currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy.[1]
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1The office of Minister of Marine and Fisheries was abolished and the offices of Minister of Fisheries and Minister of Marine were created in 1930
2The offices of Minister of Marine and Minister of Railways and Canals were abolished and the office of Minister of Transport was created in 1936 3From 1971 to 1976 the Minister of the Environment was also the Minister of Fisheries. |
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