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Quick Facts
1929 -
| Term(s) of Office: |
| June 30, 1984 - September 17, 1984 |
Born
- June 7, 1929, Richmond, Surrey, England
- Emigrated to Canada in 1932
Education
- University of British Columbia, B.A. 1949
- Oxford University, Rhodes Scholar, B.A. Jurisprudence, 1951, B.C.L. 1952, M.A. 1957
- University of Paris 1952 - 1953
Personal Life
- Married 1963, Geills McCrae Kilgour (b. 1937)
- One daughter, three sons
Occupations
- Lawyer (called to the Quebec Bar in 1954, to the Ontario Bar in 1968)
- 1976 - 1984 Practised law in Toronto
- Currently practising law
Political Party
- Liberal
- 1984 - 1990 Party Leader
Constituencies
- 1962 - 1968 St-Laurent-St-Georges, Quebec
- 1968 - 1976 Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario
- 1984 - 1993 Vancouver Quadra, British Columbia
Other Ministries
- 1965 - 1967 Minister Without Portfolio
- 1967 Registrar General
- 1967 - 1968 Consumer and Corporate Affairs
- 1968 Solicitor General
- 1968 - 1972 Justice
- 1972 - 1975 Finance
Political Record
- Criminal Code Amendment (hate propaganda) 1970
- Appointed Bora Laskin first Jewish Justice of the Supreme Court 1970
- Creation of the Law Reform Commission 1971
- Leader of the Opposition 1984 - 1990
Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867 - 1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.
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