Paul David

This article is about the Canadian cardiologist. For the American economist, see Paul A. David.

The Hon. Paul David
Senator for Bedford, Quebec
In office April 16, 1985 – December 25, 1994
Appointed by	Brian Mulroney
Preceded by	Louis-Philippe Beaubien
Succeeded by	Céline Hervieux-Payette
Personal details
Born	(1919-12-25)December 25, 1919 Montreal, Quebec
Died
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Relations	Laurent-Olivier David, grandfather Athanase David, father
Alma mater	University of Paris Université de Montréal
Committees	Chairman, Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

Paul David, CC GOQ (December 25, 1919 – April 5, 1999) was a Canadian cardiologist, founder of the Montreal Heart Institute, and Senator.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Louis-Athanase David and Antonia Nantel, he received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Paris in 1939 and his MD from the Université de Montréal in 1944. He specialized in cardiology in Boston at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1946 and in Paris at the Hôpital Lareboisière in 1947. Upon his return to Montreal, he worked at the Notre-Dame Hospital. He founded the Montreal Heart Institute in 1954. It was under his direction that the first heart transplant ever performed in Canada was carried out at the Institute, in 1968.

In 1985, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the recommendation of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. He sat as a Progressive Conservative senator representing the Senatorial division of Bedford, Quebec. He retired on his 75th birthday in 1994. His father, Louis-Athanase David and grandfather, Laurent-Olivier David were Liberal Senators. He is the younger brother of Simone David-Raymond founder of the Marie-Enfant Hospital.

In 1968, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1981. In 1988, he was named a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec. In 2011, he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

He married Nellie Maillard, daughter of Charles Maillard director of École des beaux-arts de Montréal and had six children: filmmaker Pierre, Québec solidaire MNA Françoise, Thérèse, Anne-Marie, Liberal MNA Hélène and Charles-Philippe. A few years after Nellie Maillard's death (1969), he was remarried to Dr. Yvette Lemire.

External links

• Paul David – Parliament of Canada biography
• Order of Canada citation
• Paul David at The Canadian Encyclopedia