Allan Joseph MacEachen is a lion of Canadian politics

Born July 6, 1921 MacEachen is a many-time Cabinet minister, a retired Senator and was Canada's first Deputy Prime Minister.

First elected in 1953 under the leadership of Prime Minister Louis St-Laurent, MacEachen was re-elected in the 1957 election.

When Lester B. Pearson formed a Liberal government in 1963, he appointed MacEachen to cabinet as Minister of Labour. This was the beginning of a lengthy career in cabinet in which MacEachen served in Cabinet under prime ministers Pearson, Pierre Trudeau and John Turner.

This January Nova Scotia Liberals will be honouring MacEachen -- it is a well deserved tribute that all Canadians should join.