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The opening as it read in 2005
Pierre de Bané (born August 2 1938 ) is a Canadian parliamentarian and was the first person of Arab descent to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons .1De Bané was born in Haifa , Palestine to Lebanese parents. The family immigrated to Canada in 1947 to escape the looming war . The family settled in Quebec , and De Bané became a lawyer as an adult. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1968 general election , and serve as a Member of Parliament for sixteen years. In 1978 , Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed De Bané to the Canadian Cabinet as Minister of Supply and Services. He joined the opposition bench when the Liberals lost the 1979 election , but was reappointed to Cabinet as Minister of Regional Economic Expansion when the Liberals returned to power in 1980 election . In 1982 , De Bané became Minister of State for External Relations and, eight months later, he became Minister of Fisheries and Oceans . De Bané was named to the Senate by Trudeau days before he retired as Prime Minister. De Bané is active on numerous Senate committees, particularly those dealing with fisheries, foreign affairs, and legal affairs and has also been active in public life on the issue of Palestinian refugees .2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
He was the first person of Arab descent to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons in Matane and next Matapédia—Matane , and is a former member of the Canadian Cabinet . De Bané was born in Haifa , Palestine to Lebanese parents. The family immigrated to Canada in 1947 to escape the looming war . The family settled in Quebec , and De Bané became a lawyer as an adult. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1968 general election , and serve as a Member of Parliament for sixteen years. In 1978, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed De Bané to the Canadian Cabinet as Minister of Supply and Services. He joined the opposition bench when the Liberals lost the 1979 election , but was reappointed to Cabinet as Minister of Regional Economic Expansion when the Liberals returned to power in 1980 election . In 1982, De Bané became Minister of State for External Relations and, eight months later, he became Minister of Fisheries and Oceans . De Bané was named to the Senate by Trudeau days before he retired as Prime Minister. De Bané is active on numerous Senate committees, particularly those dealing with fisheries, foreign affairs, and legal affairs and has also been active in public life on the issue of Palestinian refugees .
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(Hon) (born August 2, 1938) is a retired Canadian senator . He was the first person of Arab descent to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons in Matane and next Matapédia—Matane , and is a former member of the Canadian Cabinet .
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He was the first Palestinian and the first person of Middle Eastern descent to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada in Matane and next Matapédia—Matane , and was a member of the Canadian Cabinet .
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He was the first Palestinian and the first person of Middle Eastern descent to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada in Matane and next Matapédia—Matane , and was a member of the Canadian Cabinet .
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Canadian politician (1938–2019) Pierre De Bané PC QC ( Arabic : بيير دي باين ; August 2, 1938 – January 9, 2019) was a Canadian politician who served in both the House of Commons of Canada and the Senate .Elected as the Member of Parliament for Matane in 1968, he was the first Palestinian, the first person of Middle Eastern descent, and the first visible minority person not born in Canada to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada .He was a was a member of the Canadian Cabinet during the Trudeau Sr.
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“refugee” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 1. Read the current article and compare.
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canadian parliamentarian and was the first person of arab descent to be elected to the canadian house of common
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canadian politician who served in both the house of commons of canada and the senate
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