John Richard Garland, PC

Queen's Privy Council for Canada

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 (January 1, 1918 – March 14, 1964) was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician, who was a longtime member of the Canadian House of Commons

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 for the riding

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 of Nipissing

Nipissing (electoral district)

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. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

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Garland was first elected in 1949, when incumbent member Léoda Gauthier

Léoda Gauthier

Léoda Gauthier was a Canadian Liberal Party Member of Parliament from 1945 to 1958.Born in Copper Cliff, Ontario, Gauthier represented three different ridings over the course of his career as the city of Sudbury grew in size and importance to warrant one, and then two, ridings of its own.In 1945,...

 moved to represent the new Sudbury

Sudbury (electoral district)

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 riding. He was reelected in every subsequent election until his death in 1964.

Garland was appointed Minister of National Revenue in the government of Lester Pearson in 1963, and held that cabinet position when he died. He was given a state funeral

State funerals in Canada

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As a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada he was entitled to use the honorific The Honourable

The Honourable

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The airport in North Bay

North Bay, Ontario

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 is named Jack Garland Airport

North Bay/Jack Garland Airport

North Bay Airport or North Bay/Jack Garland Airport in North Bay, Ontario, Canada is located at Hornell Heights, north-northeast of the city. The airport serves as a North American Aerospace Defense Command base....

 in his memory.

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