Canada's first Aboriginal federal cabinet minister, Len Marchand, has died. He was 82. Born in Vernon, B.C. in November 1933, Marchand was a member of the Okanagan Indian Band.

KAMLOOPS, B.C.—Len Marchand, the former Liberal MP and senator who was the first status Indian elected to Parliament, has died at age 82. Marchand was recently admitted to a Kamloops, B.C ...

Len Marchand is still considered one of the biggest trailblazers for First Nations people in Canadian politics. The former Kamloops MP passed away last week. His funeral is being held tomorrow.

Marchand, son of pioneering Indigenous advocate and MP Len Marchand, spent most of his career as a lawyer working with and advocating for residential school survivors. He was appointed a judge in ...

Chief Justice Len Marchand's appointment as the province’s new top judge was announced on Dec. 8 by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Mr. Marchand – a former Liberal MP who in 1968 became the first status Indian elected to Parliament in Canada – was born in Vernon Jubilee Hospital on Nov. 16, 1933.

Chief Justice Len Marchand’s appointment as the province’s new top judge was announced on Dec. 8 by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Marchand himself only found out the previous evening when a surprise ...

Len Marchand, the former Liberal MP and senator who was the first status Indian elected to Parliament, has died at age 82. Marchand was recently admitted to a Kamloops, B.C., ...

Canada's first Aboriginal federal cabinet minister, Len Marchand, has died. Born in Vernon, B.C. in November 1933, Marchand was a member of the Okanagan Indian Band. Speaking for the B.C. Assembly of ...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. -- Len Marchand, the former Liberal MP and senator who was the first status Indian elected to Parliament, has died at age 82.