Biography - Marc Garneau
 Marc GarneauMP Member of
Parliament
(Westmount-Ville
Marie)
Marc Garneau has
served his country
his entire professional career,
beginning with the Canadian
Navy and then as an astronaut
and President of the Canadian
Space Agency (CSA) and now in
political life as an elected Member
of Parliament. Marc was made
a Companion in the Order of
Canada, Canada’s highest civilian
honour. He is honoured to have
two high schools named after
him, Marc Garneau Collegiate
Institute in Toronto and École
Secondaire Marc Garneau in
Trenton, Ontario. Garneau began
his service to Canada as a Navy
combat systems engineer on
HMCS Algonquin, was promoted
to Commander in 1982 while at
Staff College and was transferred
to Ottawa in 1983. In 1986 he was
promoted to Naval Captain and
retired from the Navy in 1989.
Marc began astronaut training
in 1984 after being selected
from four thousand candidates
and made history as the first
Canadian Astronaut to fly in
space as a payload specialist on
Shuttle Mission 41-G in October
1984. Garneau has logged over
677 hours in space. |
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