Background
MacEachen, Allan Joseph was born on July 6, 1921 in Inverness, Nova Scoti, Canada. Son of Angus and Annie (Gillies) MacEachen.
MacEachen, Allan Joseph was born on July 6, 1921 in Inverness, Nova Scoti, Canada. Son of Angus and Annie (Gillies) MacEachen.
Bachelor, St. Francis Xavier U., 1944; Master of Arts, U. Toronto, 1946; postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1948; postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951-1953; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Xavier U., 1964; Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Mary's U., 1973; LDH (honorary), Loyola College, Baltimore, 1966; LDH (honorary), Dalhousie U., 1974; LDH (honorary), Sir Wilfrid Laurier U., 1976; LDH (honorary), Canada Coast Guard College, 1995; LDH (honorary), University College Cape Breton, 1997; Data Control Language (honorary), Acadia U., 1966; Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Marys U., 1973.
Professor economics, St. Francis Xavier U., 1946-1948;
head department economics and social science, St. Francis Xavier U., 1948-1951;
Member of Parliament from Inverness-Richmond district, Canada House of Commons, 1953-1958, 62-68;
Member of Parliament from Cape Breton-Highlands-Canso district, Canada House of Commons, 1968-1984;
minister labor, Canada House of Commons, 1963-1965;
minister of national health and welfare, Canada House of Commons, 1965-1968;
government house leader, Canada House of Commons, 1967-1968;
minister of manpower and immigration, Canada House of Commons, 1968-1970;
president, Queen's Privy Council, 1970-1974, 76-79;
government house leader, Queen's Privy Council, 1967-1968, 70-74;
secretary state for external affairs, Privy Council, 1974-1976;
deputy prime minister, Privy Council, 1977-1979;
deputy leader of opposition, opposition house leader, Privy Council, 1979;
deputy prime minister, minister of finance, Privy Council, 1980-1982;
deputy prime minister, secretary state for external affairs, Privy Council, 1982-1984;
government leader of Senate, Canada Government, Ottawa, 1984-1996;
leader of opposition of Senate, Canada Government, Ottawa, 1984-1991. Parliamentary observer 10th General Assembly United Nations, 1955. Alternate delegate 22d session United Nations Economics and Social Council, Geneva, 1956.
Leader Canada delegation Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, London, 1973. Co-chairman Conference International Economics Cooperation, from 1975. Chairman International Monetary Fund Group of Ten, 1980-1981.
Chairman interim committee International Monetary Fund, 1980-1981. Chairman General Agreement of Tariff and Trades, 1982. Chairman advisory county Bank of Montreal, 1986-1991.
Chairman Canada-Germany Conference, since 1984, Advisory Council International Ocean Institute, since 1996. Board of Governors St. Francis Xavier. Board directors North-South Institute, since 1996, International Crisis Group, since 1995, The Gaelic College Celtic Folk Arts & Crafts, since 1997.