Warren Allmand | |
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| Solicitor General of Canada | |
| In office November 27, 1972 – September 13, 1976 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Goyer |
| Succeeded by | Francis Fox |
| Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs | |
| In office September 16, 1977 – June 3, 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Tony Abbott |
| Succeeded by | Allan Lawrence |
| Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development | |
| In office September 14, 1976 – September 15, 1977 | |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Judd Buchanan |
| Succeeded by | Hugh Faulkner |
| Member of Parliament for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | |
| In office November 8, 1965 – February 2, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Edmund Tobin Asselin |
| Succeeded by | Marlene Jennings |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Warren Allmand September 19, 1932 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | December 7, 2016 (aged 84) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal Union Montreal |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence(s) | Montreal, Quebec |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Lawyer |
William Warren Allmand PC OC QC (September 19, 1932 – December 7, 2016) was a Canadian politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Canada from 1965 to 1997. A member of the Liberal Party, he represented the Montreal riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau from 1972 to 1979. As Solicitor General, Allmand introduced legislation that successfully abolished the death penalty in Canada in 1976.
After leaving federal politics, Allmand took on the role of human rights activist, and led the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development and the World Federalist Movement-Canada. He briefly returned to politics by serving a term from 2005 to 2009 as a Montreal city councillor under Gérald Tremblay's Union Montreal party, becoming vice president of the city council. Allmand died on December 7, 2016, from terminal brain cancer.