Joseph Pierre Albert Sévigny, PC, OC, CD, VM, ED, BA, B.Comm (September 12, 1917 – March 20, 2004) was a Canadian soldier, author, politician, and academic. The Queen's Privy Council for Canada (QPC (Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada (CPR sometimes called Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or the Privy Council The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the order's Latin The Canadian Forces Decoration is a Canadian Award bestowed upon members of the Canadian Forces who have completed twelve years of military service The Order Virtuti Militari ( Latin for "For Military Virtue" is Poland 's highest Military decoration for valor in the face of The Canadian Efficiency Decoration (ED was a Canadian Military award given to officers of the non-permanent active Militia Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person He is best known for his involvement in the Munsinger Affair. The Munsinger Affair was Canada 's first national political Sex scandal.

Born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Albert Sévigny, the Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons in 1916, he graduated from Université Laval and Columbia University. Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Albert Sévigny PC ( December 31 1881 &ndash May 14 1961) was a Canadian politician In Canada the Speaker of the House of Commons ( French: Président de la Chambre des communes) is the presiding officer of the Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Sévigny served in the Canadian Army during World War II. Land Force Command ( LFC) is responsible for army operations within the Canadian Forces. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He was awarded the Virtuti Militari, Poland's highest military decoration for his involvement in the battle at Mont Hormel and hill 262. The Order Virtuti Militari ( Latin for "For Military Virtue" is Poland 's highest Military decoration for valor in the face of His Polish comrades of the 1st Light Armoured Regiment and he denied access to three Panzer divisions trying to break out of the Falaise pocket in August 1944. The action resulted in the encirclement and capture of 25,000 SS troops. He also received France's Croix de Guerre and Belgium's Croix de Guerre. The Croix de Guerre (sometimes lowercase in French Croix de guerre, meaning "Cross of War" is a military decoration of both France and After the war he wrote a book Face à l’ennemi about his experiences. It won the Prix Ferrières de l’Academie Française in 1948. In 1965, he wrote his second book This Game of Politics (McClelland and Stewart).

He was elected to the House of Commons in the 1958 election, representing the electoral district of Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, and served as Associate Defence Minister in the Progressive Conservative government of John Diefenbaker. The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and The Canadian federal election of 1958 was the 24th general election in Canada's history An electoral district (also known as a Constituency or a riding in the Canadian English political Jargon) is a geographically-based Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher (formerly Longueuil) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the A member of the Canadian cabinet, the Associate Minister of National Defence (Ministre associé de la Défense nationale was responsible for various files within the defence The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ( PC) ( Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) ( 1867 – 2003) was a Canadian He was reelected in the 1962 election, but was defeated in the 1963 vote. The Canadian federal election of 1962 was held on June 18 1962 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 25th Parliament of Canada The Canadian federal election of 1963 was held on April 8 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 26th Parliament of Canada At the height of the Cold War between the Americans and Russians and acting on information provided by American sources,the RCMP warned Justice Minister Fulton that Munsinger was a alleged prostitute and a possible security risk. He was among several cabinet ministers that were named in the Munsinger Affair, a sex scandal in which it was revealed that Sévigny had had an affair with Gerda Munsinger, an alleged spy. The Munsinger Affair was Canada 's first national political Sex scandal. A sex scandal is a Scandal involving allegations or information about Embarrassing Sexual activities, such as Adultery, being made public Gerda Munsinger (c1926-1998 was an East German Prostitute and Soviet spy who was the centre of the Munsinger Affair political scandal in A Royal Commission was called by the Pearson Minority government. Judge Spence was appointed to look into the matter. The inquiry chastised Sévigny for his behavior and criticized Diefenbaker for leniency towards his Ministers but absolved Sévigny of any guilt relating to any breach of security.

In 1967, he started teaching business administration at Concordia University eventually becoming Executive-in-Residence in 1982. Concordia University is a comprehensive Public university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He retired in 1995 but returned two years later as a visiting assistant professor. Later, in 1978, Sévigny and Camil Samson founded the shortlived political party Les Démocrates in Quebec. Camil Samson (born January 3, 1935) was a politician in Quebec, Canada, Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA and leader Les Démocrates was a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada, founded by former Ralliement créditiste du Québec leader

Sévigny was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1994. The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the order's Latin

He died in Montreal in 2004.

References

• 2003 Honorary Life Membership — Colonel Pierre Sévigny

External links

• CBC.ca Eye of Cold War storm, Sévigny dead at 86
• Order of Canada Citation
• Political Biography from the Library of Parliament