# Marcel Danis > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marcel_Danis > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marcel_Danis.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Danis > Source revision: 1347234587 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Canadian politician (born 1943) The Honourable Marcel Danis PC Member of the Canadian Parliament for Verchères In office September 4, 1984 – September 8, 1993 Preceded by Bernard Loiselle Succeeded by Stéphane Bergeron Personal details Born (1943-10-22) October 22, 1943 (age 82) Party Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Occupation Lawyer **Marcel Danis**, [PC](/source/King's_Privy_Council_for_Canada) (born October 22, 1943) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [university](/source/University) administrator, lawyer and former politician. Danis completed a Bachelor of Arts in political science at [Loyola College](/source/Loyola_College_(Montreal)) (since renamed [Concordia University](/source/Concordia_University_(Montreal))) in 1965, a Master of Arts in political science at [Fordham University](/source/Fordham_University) in 1966, studied constitutional law and political science at the [Université de Paris](/source/Universit%C3%A9_de_Paris) from 1966 to 1968, and completed a Bachelor of Civil Law at the [Université de Montréal](/source/Universit%C3%A9_de_Montr%C3%A9al) in 1971. His father was a judge of the [Superior Court of Quebec](/source/Superior_Court_of_Quebec), and his brother, [Jean-Claude Danis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean-Claude_Danis&action=edit&redlink=1), is a judge at the [Commission des lésions professionelles](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commission_des_l%C3%A9sions_professionelles&action=edit&redlink=1) in Montreal. He joined the faculty of Loyola College in 1968 as a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and has taught since that time. He entered politics as a [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada) candidate in the [1980 federal election](/source/1980_Canadian_federal_election), but was defeated in the [riding](/source/Riding_(division)) of [Saint-Hyacinthe](/source/Saint-Hyacinthe_(electoral_district)), [Quebec](/source/Quebec). During [Joe Clark](/source/Joe_Clark)'s leadership convention candidacy in 1983, Danis was his chief Quebec organizer. He ran again in the [1984 federal election](/source/1984_Canadian_federal_election) and entered the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) as the Tory [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) for [Verchères](/source/Verch%C3%A8res%E2%80%94Les_Patriotes). Danis was appointed Deputy [Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada](/source/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_of_Canada), and served in that position until 1990 when he was appointed by [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Canada) [Brian Mulroney](/source/Brian_Mulroney) to the [Cabinet](/source/Canadian_Cabinet) as [Minister of State](/source/Minister_of_State_(Canada)) for Fitness and Sport, and Minister of State for Youth. He served concurrently as deputy government [House Leader](/source/House_Leader). In 1991, Danis was promoted to the position of [Minister of Labour](/source/Minister_of_Labour_(Canada)). He left Cabinet with Mulroney's retirement in 1993, and was not a candidate in the [1993 election](/source/1993_Canadian_federal_election). He left politics and returned to academia. He became vice-dean in the Faculty of Arts and Science at Concordia. In 1996, he became vice-rector of the university, and Secretary General in 1998. In 2005, he was named vice-president of external relations and secretary-general.[1] In 2013, he was hired to defend [Michael Applebaum](/source/Michael_Applebaum), the former mayor of Montreal, on corruption charges.[2] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Marcel Danis leaving the position of Vice-President, External Relations, and Secretary-General"](http://news.concordia.ca/administration/011307.shtml). *Concordia University News and Events*. June 22, 2007. Retrieved 2009-10-17.{{[cite news](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Former MP to represent Applebaum"](https://montrealgazette.com/news/Former+federal+represent+Applebaum/8543680/story.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130622073424/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Former+federal+represent+Applebaum/8543680/story.html) 2013-06-22 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). *[The Gazette](/source/The_Gazette_(Montreal))*, June 18, 2013. ## External links - [Marcel Danis – Parliament of Canada biography](https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=1889) v t e Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1984–93) Brian Mulroney Harvie Andre Perrin Beatty André Bissonnette Pierre Blais Suzanne Blais-Grenier Benoît Bouchard Lucien Bouchard Pauline Browes Pierre Cadieux Kim Campbell Pat Carney Andrée Champagne Jean Charest Joe Clark Robert Coates Mary Collins Jean Corbeil Michel Côté David Crombie John Crosbie Marcel Danis Robert de Cotret Paul Dick Jake Epp John Fraser George Hees Ray Hnatyshyn Tom Hockin Otto Jelinek James Kelleher Roch La Salle Monique Landry Robert Layton Doug Lewis Gilles Loiselle Flora MacDonald Elmer MacKay Shirley Martin Marcel Masse Charles Mayer Don Mazankowski John McDermid Barbara McDougall Stewart McInnes Bill McKnight Walter McLean Thomas McMillan Gerald Merrithew Lowell Murray Jack Murta Erik Nielsen Frank Oberle Alan Redway Dufferin Roblin Tom Siddon Gerry St. Germain Sinclair Stevens Bernard Valcourt Monique Vézina Pierre H. Vincent Gerry Weiner Michael Wilson William Winegard John Wise v t e Ministers of labour of Canada Labour (1900–96) Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux1 W. L. M. King Crothers Robertson Murdock J. H. King (acting) Elliott Manion (acting) Jones Heenan Robertson Gordon Rogers McLarty Mitchell Martin (acting) Gregg Starr MacEachen Nicholson Pépin Mackasey O'Connell Munro Ouellet (acting) O'Connell Alexander Regan Caccia Ouellet McKnight Cadieux Corbeil Danis Valcourt Axworthy Robillard Human resources development (1996–2005)2 Young Pettigrew Stewart Frulla Dryden Human resources and skills development (2005–13) Stronach Finley Solberg Finley Employment and social development (2013–15) Kenney Poilievre Families, children and social development (2015–present) Duclos Labour (1996–2015) Robillard Gagliano MacAulay Bradshaw Fontana3 Blackburn Ambrose Raitt Leitch Employment, workforce and labour (2015–2019) Mihychuk Hajdu Labour (2019–present) Tassi O'Regan MacKinnon 1Until 1909, the office of the minister of labour was a secondary function of the postmaster-general of Canada. W. L. M. King was the first to hold the office independently. 2The office of Minister of Employment and Immigration, and Minister of Labour were abolished and the office of Minister of Human Resources Development went in force on July 12, 1996. Under the new provisions, a minister of labour may be appointed. However, when no minister of labour is appointed, the minister of human resources development shall exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the minister of labour. 3Styled "Minister of Labour and Housing". --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Marcel Danis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Danis) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Danis?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.