Lise Bacon, CM GOQ (born August 25, 1934) is a Canadian Liberal politician. She was appointed Senator, representing the area of De la Durantaye, Quebec, by Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn on September 14, 1994. Her term ended on 25 August 2009.
Born in Valleyfield, Beauharnois County, Quebec, Bacon attended Collège Marie-de-l'Incarnation and Académie Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague in Trois-Rivières and Institut Albert-Thomas in Chicoutimi. Before entering politics, she was Office Manager at the Prudential Insurance Company of America. She was a Citizenship Judge from 1977 to 1979, then as Quebec Vice-President of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc from 1979 to 1981.
Before elected politics, she has served as:
- treasurer of the Association des femmes libérales Louis Saint-Laurent
- Executive Director of the Fédération des jeunes libéraux du Québec
- Vice-President for the Mauricie region of the Fédération des femmes libérales du Québec
- Secretary of the Liberal Party of Quebec
- President of the Liberal Party of Quebec
Elected as Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for Bourassa in 1973, then becoming Secretary of State for Social Affairs (1973–1975). She later served as Minister of Consumers, Co-operatives and Financial Institutions and Minister of Immigration from 1975 to 1976. In the 1981 elections she was elected to the riding of Chomedey and served as Vice-Chair of the Commission de l'aménagement et des équipements from 1984 to 1985.
After the 1985 elections, she was Deputy Premier, Minister of Cultural Affairs, and Minister Responsible for the Office des ressources humaines.
Re-elected again in 1989, she was Deputy Premier and appointed Minister of Energy and Resources, Minister of Regional Development and Chair of the Standing Cabinet Committee on Regional Development and the Environment.
Leaving politics in 1994, she served as Governor of the Canada Post Learning Institute and member of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy before becoming a senator. In 2003 she was made Officer of the Legion d'Honneur of France. In 2004 she was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec. In 2010, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2010 she received a Doctorate Honoris Causa of the Universite de Montreal.
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“The traditional husband/father has always made choices concerning career, life-styles, values, and directions for the whole family, but he generally had another person on the team—called a wife. And his duties were always clear: Bring home the bacon and take out the garbage.”
—Donna N. Douglass (20th century)