Editing Allan MacEachen (section)

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{for|the Canadian judge and lawyer|Allan McEachern}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix        = [[The Honourable]]
| image                   = Allan MacEachen.jpg
| honorific-suffix        = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|OC|size=100%}}
| caption                 = MacEachen shortly after first being elected to the House of Commons
| office1                 = 1st [[Deputy Prime Minister of Canada]]
| primeminister1          = [[Pierre Trudeau]]
| term_start1             = March 3, 1980
| term_end1               = June 29, 1984
| predecessor1            = ''Himself'' {{small|(1979)}}
| successor1              = [[Jean Chrétien]]
| primeminister2          = Pierre Trudeau
| term_start2             = September 16, 1977
| term_end2               = June 4, 1979
| predecessor2            = ''Position established''
| successor2              = ''Himself'' {{small|(1980)}}
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| Ministerial offices
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{{Infobox officeholder
| embed            = yes
| office3                 = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada)|Secretary of State for External Affairs]]
| primeminister3          = Pierre Trudeau
| term_start3             = September 10, 1982
| term_end3               = June 29, 1984
| predecessor3            = [[Mark MacGuigan]]
| successor3              = Jean Chrétien
| primeminister4          = Pierre Trudeau
| term_start4             = August 8, 1974
| term_end4               = September 13, 1976
| predecessor4            = [[Mitchell Sharp]]
| successor4              = [[Don Jamieson (politician)|Donald Jamieson]]
| office5                 = [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Minister of Finance]]
| primeminister5          = Pierre Trudeau
| term_start5             = March 3, 1980
| term_end5               = September 9, 1982
| predecessor5            = [[John Crosbie]]
| successor5              = [[Marc Lalonde]]
| office6          = [[President of the Privy Council]]
| primeminister6   = Pierre Trudeau
| term_start6      = September 15, 1976
| term_end6        = June 3, 1979
| predecessor6     = Mitchell Sharp
| successor6       = [[Walter Baker (Canadian politician)|Walter Baker]]
| primeminister7   = Pierre Trudeau
| term_start7      = September 24, 1970
| term_end7        = August 7, 1974
| predecessor7     = [[Donald Stovel Macdonald]]
| successor7       = Mitchell Sharp
| primeminister8   = Pierre Trudeau
| term_start8      = May 2, 1968
| term_end8        = July 5, 1968
| predecessor8     = Pierre Trudeau (Acting)
| successor8       = Donald Stovel Macdonald
| termlabel8          = Acting
| office9             = [[Leader of the Government in the House of Commons]]
| primeminister9      = Pierre Trudeau
| term_start9         = September 14, 1976
| term_end9           = March 26, 1979
| predecessor9        = Mitchell Sharp
| successor9          = Walter Baker
| primeminister10      = Pierre Trudeau
| term_start10         = September 24, 1970
| term_end10           = May 9, 1974
| predecessor10        = Donald Stovel Macdonald
| successor10          = Mitchell Sharp
| primeminister11      = [[Lester B. Pearson]]
| term_start11         = May 4, 1967
| term_end11           = April 23, 1968
| predecessor11        = [[George McIlraith]]
| successor11          = Donald Stovel Macdonald
| office12             = [[Minister of Citizenship and Immigration|Minister of Manpower and Immigration]]
| primeminister12   = Pierre Trudeau
| term_start12      = July 6, 1968
| term_end12        = September 23, 1970
| predecessor12     = [[Jean Marchand]]
| successor12       = [[Otto Lang]]
 | office13             = [[Health and Welfare Canada|Minister of National Health and Welfare]]
| primeminister13      = Lester B. Pearson<br />Pierre Trudeau
| term_start13         = December 18, 1965
| term_end13           = July 5, 1968
| predecessor13        = [[Judy LaMarsh]]
| successor13          = [[John Munro (Canadian politician)|John C. Munro]]
| office14             = [[Minister of Sport and Physical Activity|Minister of Amateur Sport]]
| primeminister14      = Lester B. Pearson<br />Pierre Trudeau
| term_start14         = December 18, 1965
| term_end14           = July 5, 1968
| predecessor14        = Judy LaMarsh
| successor14          = John C. Munro
| office15                 = [[Minister of Labour (Canada)|Minister of Labour]]
| primeminister15          = Lester B. Pearson
| term_start15             = April 22, 1963
| term_end15               = December 18, 1965
| predecessor15            = [[Michael Starr (politician)|Michael Starr]]
| successor15              = [[John Robert Nicholson]]{{Collapsed infobox section end}}
}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| embed            = yes
| office          = [[Senate of Canada|Senator]] for [[List of Nova Scotia senators|Highlands-Canso]], Nova Scotia
| appointed       = [[John Turner]]
| term_start      = June 29, 1984
| term_end        = July 6, 1996
| riding1                 = [[Cape Breton Highlands—Canso]]<br />{{small|([[Inverness—Richmond]]; 1953–1968)}}
| parliament1       = Canadian
| term_start1             = June 18, 1962
| term_end1               = June 28, 1984
| predecessor1            = [[Robert MacLellan (politician, born 1925)|Robert MacLellan]]
| successor1              = [[Lawrence O'Neil]]
| term_start2             = August 10, 1953
| term_end2               = March 30, 1958
| predecessor2            = [[William F. Carroll]]
| successor2              = Robert MacLellan
}}
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| birth_name              = Allan Joseph MacEachen
| birth_date              = {{Birth date|1921|7|6}}
| birth_place             = [[Inverness, Nova Scotia|Inverness]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada
| death_date              = {{death date and age|2017|09|12|1921|07|06}}
| death_place             = [[Antigonish, Nova Scotia]], Canada
| alma_mater              =
{{Ubl|
* [[St. Francis Xavier University]]
* [[University of Toronto]]
* [[University of Chicago]]
* [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
}}
| profession              = {{hlist|Politician|Economist|Professor}}
| party                   = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
}}

'''Allan Joseph MacEachen''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|OC}} ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|k|ɛ|k|ən}}; 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.