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Place of Birth: Saint-Constant, Quebec, Canada
About Maurice Riel
- Maurice Riel, (April 3, 1922 – July 20, 2007) was a Canadian lawyer and Senator. A distant relative of Louis Riel, Maurice Riel studied law and was admitted to the bar of Quebec in 1945.
- Establishing his own law firm in Montreal with Louis-René Beaudoin under the name Beaudoin, Riel Geoffrion & Vermette, Riel worked in international law with a number of clients in France.
- He also practiced at Dunton Rainville.
- He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1958, and served as chairman of the Metropolitan Montreal Corporation from 1965 to 1969.
- He served on the board of the Bank of Canada from 1969 to 1973. Riel joined the Liberal Party of Canada in 1947, and served in various capacities with the party.
- He was appointed to the Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1973, and worked on immigration policy and foreign affairs amongst other issues.
- He was appointed Speaker of the Senate of Canada on December 16, 1983, but served for less than a year in that position due to the Progressive Conservative Party's victory in the 1984 general election.
- He was replaced as Speaker by Progressive Conservative Guy Charbonneau. Riel remained active in the Senate until his retirement in 1997.
- He died on July 20, 2007.
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