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Paul Gérin-Lajoie
Paul Gérin-Lajoie (February 23, 1920 – June 25, 2018) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and philanthropist.[1][2]
Early life
[change | change source]Gérin-Lajoie was born in Montreal, Quebec. He studied at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, the Université de Montréal, and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
Career
[change | change source]Gérin-Lajoie ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate in the riding of Vaudreuil-Soulanges in the 1956 general election and in a 1957 by-election. He was elected in Vaudreuil-Soulanges in the 1960 election and was re-elected in 1962 and 1966.
From 1960 to 1964. he was the Minister of Youth in the cabinet of Jean Lesage and in 1964 became the first person since 1875 to be appointed Minister of Education, serving in that position until 1966.
Gérin-Lajoie was president of the Canadian International Development Agency from 1970 to 1977.
He founded the Paul Gérin-Lajoie Foundation, in 1977, an organizat
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Montreal, 25 June 2018 – It is with great sadness and deepest emotion that the Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie informs you that its Founder has passed away. Mr. Paul Gérin-Lajoie, who at 98 was the last surviving member of the group of Quebec politicians who had launched the Quiet Revolution, died this morning surrounded by his loved ones. The Honourable Philippe Couillard, Premier of the province of Quebec, has announced that a state funeral will be held to honour his memory.
The Passing of a Great Man
A lawyer bygd training, Paul Gérin-Lajoie is remembered by many for his determination in setting up Quebec’s first Ministry of Education in 1964. As the province’s first Minister of Education, he took a leading role in the major overhaul of Quebec’s educational struktur. Among other accomplishments, he oversaw the creation of the province wide network of CEGEPs and Univerités du Québec, as well as putting in place a law providing for compulsory education up to the age o
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Widely considered one of the key architects of Quebec’s major education reform that took place during the Quiet Revolution, the Honorable Paul Gérin-Lajoie, C.C., G.O.Q., L.L.D. honoris causa, died on June 25 in Montreal. He was 98.
On Thursday, August 9, 2018, McGill will lower the University flag atop the Arts Building to mark Gérin-Lajoie’s state funeral. Principal and Vice-Chancellor Suzanne Fortier will attend the service, which will be held at Montreal’s Mary Queen of the World Cathedral.
As Quebec’s first education minister (1964-1966), Gérin-Lajoie established the core principles –a secular education system, a secondary school system, and mandatory attendance for students until age 16 – that still underlie the province’s education system.
Paul Gérin-Lajoie was born in 1920 in Montreal. He studied at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and Université de Montréal, and, in 1945, was one of the first Quebec-born students to earn a Rhodes