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Tête à tête
Lise Bacon
The Revue Politique “Tête à Tête” series delves into the lives of newsmakers, movers and shakers. In these in-depth and personal conversations, Pierre Donais sits down with guests to discuss their life experiences and to reveal what drives them today. In this episode, Pierre speaks with Liberal senator Lise Bacon. Ms. Bacon was first elected Member of the Quebec National Assembly (MNA) for the constituency of Bourassa in the 1973 Quebec provincial elections. She was minister of state for social affairs from 1973 to 1975, minister of consumers, co-operatives and financial institutions and minister of immigration from 1975 to 1976. In December 1985, she was appointed deputy premier, minister of cultural affairs, and minister responsible for the Bureau of Human Resources, the Public Service Commission, and the Application of the Charter of the French Language, and became a member of the provincial Treasury Board. In 1988, she was appointed minister of the environment, in addition to her duties as deputy premier and minister of cultural affairs. She left provincial politics on January 11, 1994, and was appointed to the Senate of Canada on September 15 of that same year.