Gérald-Armand Beaudoin

Background

Beaudoin, Gérald-Armand was born on April 15, 1929 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Armand and Aldéa (St.-Arnaud) Beaudoin.

Education

Bachelor summa cum laude, U. Montreal, 1950; LLL magna cum laude, U. Montreal, 1953; Master of Arts in Law, U. Montreal, 1954; postgraduate in comparative law (Carnegie scholar), U. Toronto, 1954-1955; DESD cum laude, U. Ottawa, Ontario, 1958; Doctor of Laws, U. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 1989.

Career

Practiced law with, Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Montreal, 1955-1956; advisory counsel, Department Justice, Ottawa, 1956-1965; senior advisory counsel, Department Justice, 1960-1965; assistant parliamentary counsel, House of Commons of Canada, Ottawa, 1965-1969; civil law dean, Faculty of Law, U. Ottawa, 1969-1979; professor constitutional law, Faculty of Law, U. Ottawa, 1969-1989; director Human Rights Center, Faculty of Law, U. Ottawa, 1986-1988; member, Senate of Canada, 1988. Member Goldenberg Committee on Constitution, 1967, La Commn des Superior vena cava syndrome Juridiques du Quebec, 1972-1973, Task Force on Canada Unity, 1977-1979. Visiting professor U. Sorbonne, 1985.

Visiting professor faculty of law U. Ottawa, 1989-1994, professor emeritus, since 1994. Co-chairman special joint committee of Senate and House of Commons. on process for amending Constitution of Canada, 1991, on a renewed Canada, 1991-1992. Member Senate Special Committee on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, 1994-1995.

Achievements

• Gérald-Armand Beaudoin has been listed as a reputable Lawyer, educator, senator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member special commission to draft Canada Constitution in French, 1985-1990. Member Royal Society Canada, Academy des Lettres du Quebec, Canada Bar Association (national chairman of the section constitutional and international law 1971-1973, 86-87), Canada Institute Public Affairs, Institute Public Administration (Canada), Canada Law Deans (chairman 1972-1973), Canada Institute Inter de Droit d'Expression Française (vice president since 1973), Quebec Law Deans (chairman 1975-1976), International Association Comparative Law, International Commission Jurists (vice president for Canada 1987-1990, president for Canada 1990-1992), Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs (chairman 1993-1996), Order of Canada.

Connections

Married Renée Desmarais, September 11, 1954. Children: Viviane, Louise, Denise, Françoise.

Father:

Armand Beaudoin

Mother:

Aldéa (St.-Arnaud) Beaudoin

Spouse:

Renée Desmarais

child:

Denise Beaudoin

child:

Louise Beaudoin

child:

Viviane Beaudoin

child:

Françoise Beaudoin