Biography

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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

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October 21, 1966 (indexed as 1966)

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Biography : Paper : Typed : Ink : B&W ; Ht: 35 cm x W: 21 cm

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1 page, single-sided. Folded once horizontally. Document is a biography of Paul Martin, then-Secretary of State for External Affairs. Narrative: This document was likely used in preparation for the 1967 memorial rally for the 22nd anniversary of the liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe, organized by The Association of Survivors of Nazi Oppression. Formerly the Association of Former Concentration Camp Inmates, Survivors of Nazi Oppression, this organization was founded circa 1960 in Montreal. Many of its members were founding members of the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre.

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HONOURABLE PAUL MARTIN, P.C., M.P.,SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRSOctober 21, 1966Honourable Paul Martin, P.C., M.P., was first elected to the House of Commons in 1935. He has since won ten consecutive elections in the constituency of Essex East and is now Dean of the House of Commons.He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1903, and grew up in nearby Pembroke. Scholarships took him to St. Michael's College and the Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Harvard University, Cambridge University and to the Geneva School of International Studies. He holds honorary degrees from 17 universities.In 1938 he became an official delegate to the Nineteenth Assembly of the League of Nations. In 1943 he was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labour.Mr. Martin was appointed Secretary of State on April 18, 1945 and one of his first important responsibilities in this capacity was guiding the Canadian Citizenship Act through Parliament.The year after, he became Minister of National Health and Welfare and, in his 11 years in that post he was responsible for some of Canada's most significant social advances, including the inauguration of the National Health program in 1948; the development of the Federal Old Age Security plan in 1951; and for far-reaching extensions of almost every aspect of social welfare. In 1957 he introduced the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act. It was during this period the groundwork was laid for Medicare.Although his ministerial responsibilities until 1957 were in the domestic field, he maintained an active interest in the work of the United Nations and its subsidiary organs. He was a member of the Canadian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in 1946 and 1949. In 1952-53 and 1954 he served as Acting Chairman of the Delegation and in 1955 as Chairman. He was the principal architect in 1955 of a membership plan which broke a nine-year deadlock and made possible the admission to the United Nations of 16 new members.Mr. Martin was appointed Secretary of State for External Affairs on April 22, 1963. In this capacity he has headed the Canadian delegations to meetings and conferences of NATO, the United Nations and the Commonwealth. He has also headed the Canadian group at meetings of the Canada-United States and Canada-Japan Ministerial Committees. He played an active role in the negotiations which resulted in the signing of the Columbia River Treaty and the Canada-United States Automobile Trade Agreement. He played a prominent role in the negotiations which led to the establishment, in March 1964, of a United Nations Peacekeeping force in Cyprus.Mr. Martin was elected President of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1965.Married in 1937 to the former Eleanor Adams, Mr. Martin makes his home in Windsor where he is associated with the law firm of Martin, Laird, Easton and Cowan. The Martins have a son and a daughter, Paul Jr., now practising law, and Mary Anne, attending university.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.

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English

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