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Marc Lalonde obtained a Master of Laws degree from the Université De Montréal , a Master's degree from Oxford University , and a Diplôme d'études supérieures en droit (D.E.S.D) from the University Of Ottawa . In 1959, he worked in Ottawa as a special advisor to Progressive Conservative Justice Minister E. Davie Fulton . He went to Montreal to practice law until 1967 when he returned to Ottawa to work as an advisor in the Prime Minister's Office under Liberal Prime Minister Lester Pearson . Lalonde remained when Pierre Trudeau became Prime Minister Of Canada in 1968 , serving as Principal Secretary . At Trudeau's urging, he ran for a seat in the Canadian House Of Commons in the 1972 Election . Elected as the Liberal Member Of Parliament (MP) for the Riding of Outremont , Lalonde immediately joined the Cabinet as Minister Of National Health And Welfare . A staunch Federalist , he was also one of Trudeau's chief advisors on the situation in Quebec, taking the position of Minister Of State on federal-provincial relations in the wake of the '' Parti Québécois ''' victory in the 1976 Quebec Provincial Election . Lalonde served as Minister Of Justice from 1978 until the Liberal government's defeat in the 1979 Election . When the Liberals returned to power in the 1980 Election , Lalonde became Minister of Energy and instituted the National Energy Program which became intensely unpopular in Alberta , as it adversely affected the Alberta oil industry. From 1982 until 1984 , he served as Minister Of Finance , instituting a limited program of informal wage and price controls in an effort to reduce inflation. Lalonde remained Finance Minister when John Napier Turner succeeded Trudeau as Prime Minister in 1984 , but did not run in the 1984 Election . In 1989 , he was made an Officer of the Order Of Canada . In 2004 , he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall Of Fame . In the 1990s, he served as an ''ad hoc'' judge at the International Court Of Justice , and has also represented Canada in various trade disputes. He is a practising lawyer with the firm of Stikeman Elliott LLP in Montreal. He returned to the politic arena in 2005 when Prime Minister Paul Martin named him co-president of the Liberal Party's electoral campaign in Québec for the 39th Canadian Federal Election . Brigitte Legault , the president of the Young Liberals of Canada (Québec), served as the other co-president.
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