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Prud'homme was first elected to the House of Commons in a 1964 by-election as Liberal MP for Saint-Denis, Quebec . He was subsequently re-elected eight times. He served as Parliamentary Secretary from 1971 to 1974 to the Minister of Manpower and Immigration, Secretary Of State For Canada , and to the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion successively. For most of his career, however, Prud'homme was a Backbencher . He was particularly outspoken in his support for Palestinian causes and in his opposition to Zionism and this may have hindered the prospects of his serving in the Canadian Cabinet . In 1989], while in Opposition , he became the Liberal Party's Critic for Arms Control and Disarmament. In 1992, he became Chair of the Quebec Liberal Caucus. On July 1 1992 , Prud'homme was appointed to the Queen's Privy Council For Canada in honour of his long service as a parliamentarian. In 1993, Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney appointed Prud'homme to the Canadian Senate where he took his seat as an Independent. The Liberals saw this move as an attempt to provide a non-partisan cover to various Patronage appointments Mulroney made at the end of his term as Prime Minister. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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