Lise Bacon
Lise Bacon, is a Canadian Liberal politician. She was appointed Senator, representing the area of De la Durantaye, Quebec, by Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn on 14 September 1994. Her term ended on 25 August 2009.
Born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Beauharnois County, Quebec, Bacon attended Collège Marie-de-l'Incarnation and Académie Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague in Trois-Rivières and Institut Albert-Thomas in Chicoutimi. Before entering politics, she was Office Manager at the Prudential Insurance Company of America. She was a Citizenship Judge from 1977 to 1979, then as Quebec Vice-President of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc from 1979 to 1981.
Before elected politics, she has served as:
- Treasurer of the Association des femmes libérales Louis Saint-Laurent
- Executive Director of the Fédération des jeunes libéraux du Québec
- Vice-President for the Mauricie region of the Fédération des femmes libérales du Québec
- Secretary of the Liberal Party of Quebec
- President of the Liberal Party of Quebec
- Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Bourassa in 1973
- Secretary of State for Social Affairs
- Minister of Consumers, Co-operatives and Financial Institutions and Minister of Immigration
In the 1981 elections, Bacon was elected to the riding of Chomedey and served as Vice-Chair of the Commission de l'aménagement et des équipements from 1984 to 1985.
After the 1985 elections, she was Deputy Premier, Minister of Cultural Affairs, and Minister Responsible for the Office des ressources humaines.
Re-elected in 1989, she was Deputy Premier and appointed Minister of Energy and Resources, Minister of Regional Development and Chair of the Standing Cabinet Committee on Regional Development and the Environment.
Leaving politics in 1994, she served as Governor of the Canada Post Learning Institute and member of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy before becoming a senator.Honours
In 2003 she was made Officer of the Legion d'Honneur of France. In 2004 she was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec. In 2010 she was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2010 she received a Doctorate Honoris Causa of the Universite de Montreal.
