Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Jack Garland | |
Office: | Minister of National Revenue |
Primeminister: | Lester B. Pearson |
Term Start: | April 22, 1963 |
Term End: | March 14, 1964 |
Predecessor: | Hugh John Flemming |
Successor: | George McIlraith (acting) |
Riding1: | Nipissing |
Parliament1: | Canadian |
Term Start1: | September 15, 1949 |
Term End1: | March 14, 1964 |
Predecessor1: | Léo Gauthier |
Successor1: | Carl Legault |
Birth Name: | John Richard Garland |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1918 |
Birth Place: | Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada |
Party: | Liberal |
John Richard Garland (January 1, 1918 - March 14, 1964) was a Canadian politician, who was a longtime member of the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Nipissing. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Garland was first elected in 1949, when incumbent member Léo Gauthier moved to represent the new Sudbury 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.
As a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada he was entitled to use the honorific The Honourable.
The airport in North Bay is named Jack Garland Airport and John Garland Boulevard in Toronto were named in his memory.