Information AboutEugene Whelan |
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In 1972, Whelan became Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Pierre Trudeau , and held the position until Trudeau's Retirement in 1984 except during the 1979 - 1980 Joe Clark government. He became a well known figure due to his plain-spokenness (which occasionally got him in trouble) and his Stetson hat. Whelan ran to succeed Trudeau at the 1984 Liberal Leadership Convention , but came in last. Eugene Whelan was appointed as Canadian Ambassador to the Food And Agriculture Organization in Rome , prompting Progressive Conservative Party Of Canada leader Brian Mulroney to promise to rescind the appointment if he became Prime Minister . Mulroney won the 1984 Election , and recalled Whelan as one of his first acts of office. In 1996 , Whelan was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Jean Chrétien , and served in the chamber until he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 in 1999 . Whelan's daughter, Susan Whelan was elected to the House of Commons in 1993 in her father's old Riding and, in 2002 , became Minister of International Trade in Chrétien's cabinet. She was dropped from Cabinet when Paul Martin became prime minister. In 1987 , he was made an Officer of the Order Of Canada . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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