| LC control no. | n 78029305 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Marchand, Len |
| Variant(s) | Marchand, Leonard |
| Associated country | Canada |
| Located | Kamloops (B.C.) Cariboo (B.C. : Regional district) |
| Birth date | 1933-11-16 |
| Death date | 2016-06-03 |
| Place of birth | Vernon (B.C.) |
| Place of death | Kamloops (B.C.) |
| Field of activity | Canada--Politics and government Indians of North America--Canada |
| Affiliation | Canada. Parliament. House of Commons Nicola Valley Indian Administration Canada. Parliament. Senate Okanagan (First Nation) Liberal Party of Canada |
| Profession or occupation | Agriculturists Politicians Legislators |
| Found in | Small business in Canada, c1977: page 1 (Len Marchand, Minister of State, Small Business) Grassland ranges in the southern interior of British Columbia, 1968: title page (by Alastair McLean and Leonard Marchand) Breaking trail, [2000]: title page (Len Marchand and Matt Hughes) Canada. Governor General. Honours Recipients database, viewed 24 June 2016 (Leonard S. Marchand, P.C., C.M., O.B.C., M.S.F.; Kamloops, British Columbia; Member of the Order of Canada, awarded on April 15, 1999, invested on May 20, 2000; as one of the first Members of Parliament of Aboriginal descent, he was a passionate representative of Native People in the House of Commons; after being appointed to the Senate in 1984, he continued to advocate for and support the movement toward justice for all First Nations in Canada; he helped establish one of British Columbia's first Aboriginal drug and alcohol treatment centres; deceased on June 4, 2016) Wikipedia, viewed 24 June 2016: Len Marchand (Leonard Stephen "Len" Marchand, PC CM OBC, November 16, 1933-June 3, 2016; Canadian politician, the first Status Indian Member of Parliament and the first person of First Nations status to serve in the federal cabinet, served as Parliamentary Secretary, Minister of State, Minister of the Environment and Senator; born in Vernon, B.C., as a member of the Okanagan Indian Band; agronomist by training; elected to the House of Commons in 1968 as a Liberal Party candidate for the British Columbia riding of Kamloops-Cariboo, became parliamentary secretary to Jean Chrétien, who was the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, in 1976, appointed to the Cabinet as Minister of State for small business, from 1977 to 1979, Minister of the Environment; returned to British Columbia where he became administrator for the Nicola Valley Indian Administration; in 1984, appointed to the Senate; retired from the Senate in 1998; in 1999, made a Member of the Order of Canada and in 2014, received the Order of British Columbia; died June 3, 2016 in Kamloops, B.C.) Amicus, 24 June 2016 (authorized access point: Marchand, Len (Canadian, b. 1933); headings: Marchand, Len; Marchand, Leonard; Marchand, Leonard Stephen, 1933- ) |
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