<Tr> <Th> Missions </Th> <Td> STS - 41 - G (1984) STS - 77 (1996) STS - 97 (2000) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mission insignia </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Joseph Jean - Pierre Marc Garneau, PC MP CC CD FCASI (born February 23, 1949) is a Canadian politician and the Minister of Transport in the Government of Canada . He is a retired military officer, former astronaut, and engineer; Garneau was the first Canadian in space taking part in three flights aboard NASA Space shuttles in 1984, 1996 and 2000 . Garneau was the president of the Canadian Space Agency from 2001 to 2006, and in 2003 was installed as the ninth Chancellor of Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario . </P> <P> Garneau has served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Notre - Dame - de-Grâce--Westmount, and its predecessor Westmount--Ville - Marie, in Montreal since the 2008 federal election, winning by over 9000 votes . He was re-elected to the House of Commons in the 2011 federal election by 642 votes, and in the 2015 federal election with a majority of over 18,000 . Previously, he unsuccessfully stood in the riding of Vaudreuil - Soulanges at the 2006 federal election . </P>

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