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Jean-Baptiste Roger Joseph Camille Teillet, PC (August 21, 1912 – May 1, 2002) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1953 to 1959, and in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal from 1962 to 1968. Teillet was a cabinet minister in the government of Lester B. Pearson, and retained that post after Pearson stepped down and Pierre Elliott Trudeau became the new Liberal leader. == Early life == Roger was born into one of Manitoba's well-known Métis families. Born on River Road in St. Vital, Manitoba,〔 to Sara Riel and Camille Teillet,〔 Roger Teillet was a direct descendant of Marie-Anne Gaboury and Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière,〔 who were the first white settlers in Canada's west and also were the grandparents of Louis Riel. Roger was the grandson of Joseph Riel, Louis Riel's younger brother.〔 Roger was educated in St. Vital and St. Boniface schools, and at St. Boniface College. He continued his studies as a prisoner-of-war in Germany, where an educational program using the expertise of prisoners had been set up.〔 Roger was a flight lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Air Force and a navigator on a Halifax bomber in World War II.〔 He took part in 24 successful bombing missions over Germany before being shot down over France in 1943. After evading German soldiers for 15 days, he was captured at the Rivière Cher, and spent almost three years as a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III, southeast of Berlin in the then province of Silesia. The camp was located at Sagan, now in Polish territory and called Zagan. Conditions in this camp were not as brutal as in many others because it was a camp specifically for officers, and officers were not subject to forced labour. Stalag Luft III was made famous after the war because of Paul Brickhill's book, ''The Great Escape'', a book which was also made into a movie.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Roger Teillet , M.L.A., M.P., P.C. (1912-2002) )〕 In January 1945, prisoners from camps all over Germany were herded from the camps and forced to walk the length and breadth of Germany, in an effort to evade the encroaching Allied armies. On May 5, 1945, Roger and the others were turned over to the British Army not far from Bremen. Their guards surrendered and the prisoners were airlifted to Brussels. Upon his return to Canada, Roger went into the insurance business in Winnipeg.〔 He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and active in his Catholic parish of Précieux-sang. When his two sons, Philippe and Richard, were in school, he became a trustee in the separate school system. Roger had always been involved in politics. He was involved with the L'Union Nationale Métisse. He was a party organizer before ever going overseas, and was an original members of the St. Vital Young Liberals when still a teenager. Now, in the post-war years, he became very active in the Manitoba Liberal Association, acting as the vice-president. He also served in many capacities on the federal liberal party's executive in Winnipeg South Centre. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roger Teillet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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