Word: rivard
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...parliamentary secretary; Andre Letendre, 34, Favreau's executive assistant; and Guy Lord, 26, a former special assistant to Favreau-were pressuring him to take it easy in an extradition case. Lamontagne was working for the U.S. Justice Department, which sought the extradition of one Lucien Rivard, a Montreal racketeer wanted on a narcotics-smuggling rap. Lamontagne claimed that Denis offered him $20,000 not to fight bail for Rivard; the other three, said Lamontagne, tried to apply political pressure. The Mounties notified Favreau, who informed Pearson, then ordered a routine investigation by the Mounties. Their report was inconclusive...
Pearson seemed surprised by the fuss. Denis had already quietly resigned; Pearson now accepted Guy Rouleau's resignation and appointed Chief Justice Dorion as a one-man commission of public inquiry. To make matters worse, in the midst of the investigation Racketeer Rivard escaped from Montreal's Bordeaux Jail, has not been seen since...
Canadians watched with some foreboding as the Union Nationale ministers, clearly split, closeted themselves in Quebec City's famed Chateau Frontenac hotel. Significantly, Duplessis' closest crony, Attorney General Antoine Rivard. faded fast as a candidate. In a deadlock between Montreal and Quebec City factions, Dark Horse Barrette, a Joliette (pop. 19,000) insurance broker who still carries a union card as a machinist, emerged as the com promise...