Allan MacEachen

The Honourable
Allan MacEachen
PC OC
The Honourable Allan MacEachen PC OC
	MacEachen shortly after first being elected to the House of Commons
1st Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
	In office; March 3, 1980 – June 29, 1984
Prime Minister	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Himself (1979)
Succeeded by	Jean Chrétien
	In office; September 16, 1977 – June 4, 1979
Prime Minister	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Himself (1980)
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices
Secretary of State for External Affairs
	In office; September 10, 1982 – June 29, 1984
Prime Minister	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Mark MacGuigan
Succeeded by	Jean Chrétien
	In office; August 8, 1974 – September 13, 1976
Prime Minister	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Mitchell Sharp
Succeeded by	Donald Jamieson
Minister of Finance
	In office; March 3, 1980 – September 9, 1982
Prime Minister	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	John Crosbie
Succeeded by	Marc Lalonde
President of the Privy Council
	In office; September 15, 1976 – June 3, 1979
Prime Minister	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Mitchell Sharp
Succeeded by	Walter Baker
	In office; September 24, 1970 – August 7, 1974
Prime Minister	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Donald Stovel Macdonald
Succeeded by	Mitchell Sharp
	Acting; May 2, 1968 – July 5, 1968
Prime Minister	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Pierre Trudeau (Acting)
Succeeded by	Donald Stovel Macdonald
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
	In office; September 14, 1976 – March 26, 1979
Prime Minister	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Mitchell Sharp
Succeeded by	Walter Baker
	In office; September 24, 1970 – May 9, 1974
Prime Minister	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Donald Stovel Macdonald
Succeeded by	Mitchell Sharp
	In office; May 4, 1967 – April 23, 1968
Prime Minister	Lester B. Pearson
Preceded by	George McIlraith
Succeeded by	Donald Stovel Macdonald
Minister of Manpower and Immigration
	In office; July 6, 1968 – September 23, 1970
Prime Minister	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Jean Marchand
Succeeded by	Otto Lang
Minister of National Health and Welfare
	In office; December 18, 1965 – July 5, 1968
Prime Minister	Lester B. Pearson; Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Judy LaMarsh
Succeeded by	John C. Munro
Minister of Amateur Sport
	In office; December 18, 1965 – July 5, 1968
Prime Minister	Lester B. Pearson; Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Judy LaMarsh
Succeeded by	John C. Munro
Minister of Labour
	In office; April 22, 1963 – December 18, 1965
Prime Minister	Lester B. Pearson
Preceded by	Michael Starr
Succeeded by	John Robert Nicholson
Appointed by
Parliamentary offices
Senator for Highlands-Canso, Nova Scotia
	In office; June 29, 1984 – July 6, 1996
Appointed by	John Turner
Member of Parliament; for Cape Breton Highlands—Canso; (Inverness—Richmond; 1953–1968)
	In office; June 18, 1962 – June 28, 1984
Preceded by	Robert MacLellan
Succeeded by	Lawrence O'Neil
	In office; August 10, 1953 – March 30, 1958
Preceded by	William F. Carroll
Succeeded by	Robert MacLellan
Personal details
Born	Allan Joseph MacEachen; July 6, 1921; Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died	September 12, 2017 (aged 96); Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Alma mater	St. Francis Xavier University; University of Toronto; University of Chicago; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; ;
Profession	Politician; Economist; Professor;

Allan Joseph MacEachen PC OC (/məˈkɛkən/; July 6, 1921 – September 12, 2017) was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as a senator and several times as a Cabinet minister. He was the first deputy prime minister of Canada and served from 1977 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984.