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((Short description|Canadian politician))
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((Infobox officeholder|
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Laurier LaPierre
| honorific-suffix    = ((post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|size=100%))
| image               = LaurierLaPierre.JPG
| imagesize           = 200px
| caption             = LaPierre in 2008
| office              = [[Senate of Canada|Senator]] from Ontario
| term_start          = June 13, 2001
| term_end            = November 21, 2004
| nominator           = [[Jean Chrétien]]
| party               = ((ubl | [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] | [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] (1960s, 1970s)))
| birth_date          = ((birth date|1929|11|21))
| birth_place         = [[Lac-Mégantic, Quebec]], Canada
| death_date          = ((death date and age|2012|12|16|1929|11|21))
| death_place         = [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada
| spouse              = ((marriage|Paula (Jo) Armstrong|1960|1982|end=div))
| profession          = Author, journalist, historian
| education           = [[St Michael's College, Toronto]]
))
'''Laurier L. LaPierre''' ((post-nominals|country=CAN|OC)) (November 21, 1929 – December 16, 2012) was a Canadian [[Senate of Canada|Senator]], professor, broadcaster, journalist and author.<ref name=obit /><ref name=LaPierre>((cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/12/17/pol-senator-laurier-lapierre-seven-days-obituary.html|title=Laurier LaPierre, ex-senator, professor and broadcaster, dies at 83|date=December 17, 2012|publisher=[[CBC News]]|accessdate=December 17, 2012))</ref><ref name="CE">((cite web|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/laurier-lapierre|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203191134/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/laurier-lapierre|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 February 2013|title=Laurier LaPierre|last=Koch|first=Eric|publisher=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|accessdate=December 17, 2012))</ref> He was a member of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]].

Fluently bilingual, LaPierre was best known for having been co-host with [[Patrick Watson (producer)|Patrick Watson]] of the CBC's influential public affairs show ''[[This Hour Has Seven Days]]'' in the 1960s.<ref name="CE"/> After the show's much publicized cancellation, LaPierre moved to politics as a "[[star candidate]]" for the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]] in the [[1968 Canadian federal election|1968 federal election]]. The party was hoping that he would help achieve an electoral breakthrough in [[Quebec]], but he came second in the [[Riding (division)|riding]] of Lachine with 19.5% of the vote.

He returned to teaching, broadcasting and writing until his appointment to the Senate in June 2001. As a member of the Liberal [[caucus]], LaPierre was an outspoken supporter of [[Jean Chrétien]] against supporters of rival [[Paul Martin]].

== Early life and education ==
LaPierre was born in [[Lac-Mégantic, Quebec]], after which his family moved to [[Sherbrooke]], Quebec, where he completed high school before entering the [[Paulist Fathers]] in [[Baltimore, Maryland]], as a novitiate. After four years, he moved to St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] (1955) from the University of Toronto ([[University of St. Michael's College|St. Michael's College]]), [[Master of Arts]] (1957) and [[Ph.D.]] in History (1962) from the [[University of Toronto]].<ref name="CE"/>

During those university years he was a part-time teacher at [[Upper Canada College]] in Toronto.

He taught History at the College of Christ the King (now King's College), [[University of Western Ontario]] (1959–61); Loyola College, Montreal (now part of Concordia University) (1961–63); and McGill University (1963–78). In 1978, he moved to [[Vancouver]] to work in television but also taught briefly at [[Simon Fraser University]].

In 1960, he married Paula (Jo) Armstrong and they had two sons: Dominic born 1962 and Thomas born 1965. They were divorced in 1982. He had five grandchildren - Paige, Alex, Georgia, Toby and Owen LaPierre.

He moved to Ottawa in 1990, continued to work in broadcasting and writing, and lived there until his death, in the later years, with his partner Harvey Slack.<ref name=LaPierre />

He wrote several popular histories including ''Quebec: A Tale of Love'';<ref>((Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/quebectaleoflove0000lapi|title=Québec : a tale of love|last=LaPierre, Laurier L.|date=2001|publisher=Viking|isbn=0670878642|location=Toronto|oclc=45265097|url-access=registration))</ref> ''Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Romance of Canada'';<ref>((Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/sirwilfridlaurie0000lapi|title=Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the romance of Canada|last=LaPierre, Laurier L.|date=1996|publisher=Stoddart|isbn=0773729798|location=Toronto|oclc=35946840|url-access=registration))</ref> ''1759: The Battle for Canada'';<ref>((Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/1759battleforcan00lapi|title=1759 : the battle for Canada|last=LaPierre, Laurier L.|date=1990|publisher=McClelland & Stewart|isbn=0771046995|location=Toronto, Ont.|oclc=28891943|url-access=registration))</ref> ''Québec hier et aujourd'hui''; and, ''The Apprenticeship of Canada, 1876–1914''. He also wrote articles for ''[[National Post|The Financial Post]]'', ''International Review'', ''Canadian Forum'' and ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''.

He was an activist with [[Egale Canada|EGALE]], a lobby group for gay and lesbian rights, after coming out as gay in the late 1980s. He was Canada's first openly gay senator.<ref>((cite web |title=Celebrating a History of Diversity: Lesbian and Gay Life in Saskatchewan, 1971 – 2006 |publisher=[[University of Saskatchewan]] |url=http://library2.usask.ca/srsd/chronology/?year=1988 |accessdate=2007-11-17))</ref>

== Death ==
[[File:Laurier Lapierre (50219483717).jpg|thumb|Memorial at Maclaren Cemetery]]
Appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1994, he was cited as one of Canada's "most valuable political commentators and respected champions of social justice."<ref>((OCC|3374))</ref> He died on December 16, 2012, aged 83.<ref name=obit>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?n=laurier-lapierre&pid=161875189&fhid=5973#fbLoggedOut Laurier LaPierre – Obituary]. ''Ottawa Citizen'', December 21, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2012.</ref> LaPierre's ashes were scattered off the coast of British Columbia, as his will requested. Later Harvey Slack financed the construction of a large memorial in LaPierre's name in the small [[Maclaren Cemetery|MacLaren Cemetery]] near [[Wakefield, Quebec]], close to the grave of his ex-wife's uncle [[Hume Wrong]] and that of formet prime minister [[Lester B. Pearson]]. The [[McGill University Archives]] holds an extensive collection of his papers, including documents that touch on four aspects of his career: academic, journalistic, political and entrepreneurial.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/laurier-l-lapierre-fonds|title=Laurier L. LaPierre|website=McGill Archival Collections Catalogue|access-date=June 22, 2018))</ref>

==Footnotes==
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