| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Pierre De Bané | |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Office: | Minister of Fisheries and Oceans |
| Primeminister: | Pierre Trudeau |
| Term Start: | September 30, 1982 |
| Term End: | June 29, 1984 |
| Predecessor: | Roméo LeBlanc |
| Successor: | Herb Breau |
| Office1: | Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion |
| Primeminister1: | Pierre Trudeau |
| Term Start1: | March 3, 1980 |
| Term End1: | January 11, 1982 |
| Predecessor1: | Elmer MacKay |
| Successor1: | Herb Gray |
| Office2: | Minister of Supply and Services |
| Primeminister2: | Pierre Trudeau |
| Term Start2: | November 24, 1978 |
| Term End2: | June 3, 1979 |
| Predecessor2: | Jean-Pierre Goyer |
| Successor2: | Roch LaSalle |
| Office3: | Senator for De la Vallière, Quebec |
| Appointed3: | Jeanne Sauvé |
| Nominator3: | Pierre Trudeau |
| Term Start3: | June 29, 1984 |
| Term End3: | August 2, 2013 |
| Predecessor3: | Jean Marchand |
| Successor3: | Raymonde Saint-Germain |
| Riding4: | Matapédia—Matane |
| Parliament4: | Canadian |
| Term Start4: | May 22, 1979 |
| Term End4: | June 28, 1984 |
| Predecessor4: | Riding re-created |
| Successor4: | Jean-Luc Joncas |
| Riding5: | Matane |
| Parliament5: | Canadian |
| Term Start5: | June 25, 1968 |
| Term End5: | May 21, 1979 |
| Predecessor5: | Riding re-created |
| Successor5: | Riding dissolved |
| Birth Date: | 2 August 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Haifa, Mandatory Palestine |
| Death Place: | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Children: | 1 |
| Education: | |
Pierre De Bané (Arabic: بيير دي باين; August 2, 1938 – January 9, 2019) was a Canadian senator. He was the first Palestinian and the first person of Middle Eastern descent to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada in Matane and next Matapédia—Matane, and was a member of the Canadian Cabinet.[1]
De Bané was born in Haifa, Palestine. His family then immigrated to Canada in 1947 to escape the looming war, and settled in Quebec. De Bané studied at Séminaire Saint-Joseph de Trois-Rivières, Collège Saint-Alexandre, University of Quebec and from law at Laval University.[2]
He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1968 general election, and served as a Member of Parliament for sixteen years.
In 1978, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed De Bané to the Canadian Cabinet as the Minister of Supply and Services. He joined the opposition bench when the Liberals lost the 1979 election, but was reappointed to the Cabinet as the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion when the Liberals returned to power in 1980 election.
In 1982, De Bané became Minister of State for External Relations and, eight months later, he became the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. De Bané was named to the Senate by Trudeau days before he retired as Prime Minister.
De Bané was active on numerous Senate committees, particularly those dealing with fisheries, foreign affairs, and legal affairs and was also active in public life on the issue of Palestinian refugees.
He retired from the Senate upon turning 75 on August 2, 2013, and died on January 9, 2019, at the age of 80.[3] [4]
There is a Pierre de Bané fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[5]