HomeProvides objective, professional advice for decisions by the Commission or its Executive Committee on the asset management and related matters of the six official residences of Canada located in the National Capital Region, including Rideau Hall, 24 Sussex Drive, Harrington Lake, Stornoway, the Farm at Kingsmere and 7 Rideau Gate. With respect to the Citadel in Quebec City, the ACORC provides advice to Public Works and Government Services Canada as the custodian of that official residence.
ACORC consists of experts in interior design, architecture, heritage and real estate development.
Members
Chair
Montréal, Quebec
Patrick J. Murray
Vice-Chair
Ottawa, Ontario
Member
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
André J. Perrier
Member and past-chairperson
Gatineau, Quebec
Jean-François Sauvé
Member
Montréal, Quebec
Daniel Brisset
Chair
Montréal, Quebec
Honoured by Canadian House and Home in January 2000, interior designer Mr. Brisset has been working for more than 25 years in residential and corporate design. A graduate of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School of Art, he has done projects in Paris, Hong Kong and Palm Springs. In 1995, the federal government hired him to design conference rooms for the G7 summit in Halifax. He is currently working on designs for several private homes and a large number of offices.
Patrick J. Murray
Vice-Chair
Ottawa, Ontario
Patrick J. Murray is co-founder of Murray & Murray Architects and Planning Consultants. Established in 1961, the firm's work has received more than 40 awards and commendations for work in Canada and overseas, and its work has been published in national and international periodicals. Some of the firm's major projects include the Ottawa International Airport, Corel Centre (now Scotiabank Place), RCMP headquarters, Ottawa City Hall, and several universities and colleges. The firm has also established several successful offices in England, Ireland, Malawi and Malaysia. Mayor of the Village of Rockcliffe Park from 1985 to 2000, Mr. Murray has also served as regional councillor for the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, commissioner of the Ottawa-Carleton Transportation Corporation and chair of the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission's TransArt Committee, which was involved in introducing various forms of art into the transit system. Mr. Murray is a member of the Ontario Association of Architects and fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, an organization for which he previously served as registrar.
Edna A. Hall
Member
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Ms. Hall is the current Director of Canadian Heritage for Newfoundland and Labrador. For 10 years before that, she served as a District Superintendent for Parks Canada, first in Prince Edward Island, then in Newfoundland, overseeing the national parks and national historic sites of those provinces. She was a member of the NCC's Advisory Committee on Marketing and Programming from 1988 to 1993, and served as its chair for the last year of her tenure. She sits on the board of the Tourism Industry Association of Newfoundland and Labrador, and was a founding member of The First Nations Trust Fund; she is the founding president of her province's chapter of the Association of Professional Executives. In 2002, Ms. Hall received the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal.
André J. Perrier
Member and past-chairperson
Gatineau, Quebec
Mr. Perrier has been involved with the official residences since his days as Assistant Deputy Minister at Public Works Canada, where he was responsible for the management, acquisition and disposal of federal properties. Following his retirement in 1987, he became an advisor to the Speaker of the Senate on matters of accommodation. He was a founding member of La Société de diversification économique de l’Outaouais and an administrator for the provincial corporation that managed the Olympic facilities in Montréal.
Jean-François Sauvé
Member
Montréal, Quebec
Mr. Sauvé is responsible for Private Banking for the Pictet Group in North America, as Executive Vice President of Pictet Canada L.P. and as President of Investment Advisor Services for Pictet Overseas Inc. After obtaining his MBA from INSEAD in France in 1987, he began his career in Toronto with the Investment Banking Department of Scotia Capital Markets, where he became a Director of the Corporate and Government Finance Department. Mr. Sauvé is the president of the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation and director of many charitable fundraising campaigns and cultural and social organizations.