About Pierre de Bané
Pierre De Bané 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 member of the Canadian Cabinet during the Trudeau Sr. Ministry. In 1982, De Bané became Minister of State for External Relations and, eight months later, he became the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.
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