Guy Favreau

Guy Favreau PC QC (20 May 1917 – 11 July 1967) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and judge.

The Honourable Guy Favreau PC QC
Favreau, c. 1966
President of the Privy Council
In office 7 July 1965 – 3 April 1967
Prime Minister	Lester B. Pearson
Preceded by	George McIlraith
Succeeded by	Walter L. Gordon
Minister of Justice Attorney General of Canada
In office 3 February 1964 – 29 June 1965
Prime Minister	Lester B. Pearson
Preceded by	Lionel Chevrier
Succeeded by	George McIlraith (acting)
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
In office 18 February 1964 – 29 October 1964
Prime Minister	Lester B. Pearson
Preceded by	Jack Pickersgill
Succeeded by	George McIlraith
Minister of Manpower and Immigration
In office 22 April 1963 – 2 February 1964
Prime Minister	Lester B. Pearson
Preceded by	Dick Bell
Succeeded by	René Tremblay
Member of Parliament for Papineau
In office 8 April 1963 – 3 April 1967
Preceded by	Adrien Meunier
Succeeded by	André Ouellet
Personal details
Born	(1917-05-20)20 May 1917 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	11 July 1967(1967-07-11) (aged 50) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Francoise Laflamme ​ (m. 1944)​
Children	4
Alma mater	Université de Montréal (BA, LLB)
Profession	Lecturer legal counsel lawyer

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Léopold Favreau and Béatrice Gagnon, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts and an LL.B. from the Université de Montréal. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1940. He worked as a lawyer in Montreal from 1942 to 1952. In 1952, he became a member of the Restrictive Trade Practices Commission in Ottawa. In 1955, he became Assistant Deputy Minister of Justice. He helped to create the Faculty of Civil Law at the University of Ottawa and taught there as well. In 1960, he returned to Montreal to work as a private lawyer.

He was elected as a Liberal in the riding of Papineau in the 1963 election, and was re-elected in 1965. He was Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (1963–1964), Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (1964–1965), President of the Privy Council (1965–1967), Minister of Indian Affairs (1963–1964) and Registrar General of Canada (1966–1967). As well, he was Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (1964) and Liberal Party House Leader (1964). Allegations regarding involvement in the prison escape of Lucien Rivard had led to his downfall as Attorney General.^[1]

He was appointed a judge of the Quebec Superior Court on April 17, 1967, but he died shortly afterward. He was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.^[2]

The Complexe Guy-Favreau, the federal government's main building in Montreal, was built in 1983 and is named in his honour.