Document Record

Creator

Kierans, Eric W., 1914-2004.

Title

Eric William Kierans fonds

Identifier

lac_mikan_103907
MG 32 B 10
R4927-0-X-E
Papers
Politics and politicians
oocihm.lac_mikan_103907

Document source

Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Language

English

Description

Eric William Kierans (1914 - 2004) was a Canadian economist and politician. After serving as director of the school of commerce at McGill University and president of the Montreal Stock Exchange, Kierans entered provincial politics in 1963. He was appointed Minister of Revenue and then Minister of Health in the Quebec Liberal government of Premier Jean Lesage (1912 - 1980) during the Quiet Revolution. In 1968, Kierans entered federal politics, first by running unsuccessfully for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada at its leadership convention. He was then elected to the House of Commons in the 1968 federal election. Kierans served as Postmaster-General and Minister of Communications in the cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau (1919 - 2000). He did not run for re-election in the 1972 election. After leaving politics, Kierans taught at McGill and Dalhousie University. In 1994, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.
These fonds consist of press clippings filed by chronology and subject.

URL

https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_103907