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Deschatelets, Jean-Paul

Item number (ISN):

389399

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1979-08-29

Item number (ISN):

389399

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

STURSBERG, Peter

Accession:

1979-0137

Media:

Sound

Part:

5 of 5

Production date:

1979-08-29

Production company:

Peter Stursberg (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Peter Stursberg

Description:

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Interview of Senator Jean-Paul Deschatelets; lawyer, former Minister of Public Works (1963-1965) and Speaker of the Senate (1968-1972); by author Peter Stursberg; about: his family background; early influences; Quebec emigration I the late 19th century; his education; his legal career; Fernand Rinfret; his wife Fernande Dufresne; Chateau Dufresne (in Montreal); the Great Depression; Deschatelets' early involvement in politics; Camilien Houde; the federal election of 1935; William Lyon Mackenzie King; the Quebec provincial election of 1936;[Louis Alexandre Taschereau; Maurice Duplessis; the Duplessis regime; Deschatelets’ his experiences as enforcement counsel with the Wartime Prices and Trade Board from 1942 to 1951; his decision to enter politics; his difficulty in obtaining the Liberal nomination in Maisonneuve in 1953; his experiences as Liberal Member of Parliament for Maisonneuve-Rosemont 1953-1965; Louis St. Laurent; simultaneous translation in the House of Commons; Louis-René Beaudoin; Donald Gordon; the campaign to change the name of the CNR's Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal to Chateau Maisonneuve (1956); George Marler; the federal election of 1957; Lester B. Pearson; Paul Martin; the Liberal Party in Opposition 1957-1963;Pearson's leadership abilities; John G. Diefenbaker; J.W. Pickersgill; the Conservative government 1957-1963; the Liberal government 1963-1965; Deschatelets' appointment and experiences as Minister of Public Works 1963-1965; the Department of Public Works 1963-1965; patronage; Expo '67; and construction expenditures; the story of Gros Cacouna (building a wharf in deep water at Rivière-du-Loup in 1963); his appointment to the Senate in 1966; his activities in the Senate; as Deputy Leader 1966; and as Speaker 1968-1972; the 1968 Liberal Party leadership convention; Paul Martin; the Speakership of the Senate; parliamentary reform; Senate reform; bilingualism; Quebec separatism; and the Parti Québécois government. <4h 10mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Transcript available.~2. Access restrictions for the sound recordings are the same as access restrictions for the transcript.~3. Recorded by Peter Stursberg in Ottawa for the joint Library of Parliament-Public Archives of Canada oral history project.~4. Jean-Paul Deschatelets died on 11 December 1986.~5. There is no release form on file at Library and Archives Canada for this interview.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

460393

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02488
C02489

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

614986

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

389399-1979-0117-1.WAV
389399-1979-0117-2.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1979-0117/1
1979-0117/2

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

614988

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

389399-1979-0117-1.MP3
389399-1979-0117-2.MP3

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

1979-0117/1
1979-0117/2

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

MSS 22018

Reproduction access:

Crown copyright : no donor restrictions : with written permission of interviewee

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