Jean Joseph Jacques Chrétien

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Born 1934

Born

• January 11, 1934, Shawinigan, Quebec

Education

• St. Joseph Seminary, Trois-Rivières, B.A. 1955
• Laval University, LL. L. 1958

Personal Life

• Married 1957, Aline Chainé (b. 1936)
• One daughter, two sons

Occupations

• Lawyer (called to the Quebec Bar in 1958)
• 1962 - 1963 Director, Bar of Trois-Rivières
• 1986 - 1990 Lawyer
• Author

Political Party

• Liberal
• 1990 - 2003 Party Leader

Constituencies

• 1963 - 1968 St-Maurice-Laflèche, Quebec
• 1968 - 1986 St-Maurice, Quebec
• 1990 - 1993 Beauséjour, New Brunswick
• 1993 - 2003, St-Maurice, Quebec

Other Ministries

• 1967 - 1968 Minister Without Portfolio
• 1968 National Revenue
• 1968 - 1974 Indian Affairs and Northern Development
• 1974 - 1976 President of the Treasury Board
• 1976 - 1977 Industry, Trade and Commerce
• 1977 - 1979 Finance
• 1980 - 1982 Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Minister of State (Social Development) and Minister responsible for constitutional negotiations
• 1982 - 1984 Energy, Mines and Resources
• 1984 Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for External Affairs

Political Record

• Creation of ten national parks 1968 - 1972
• White Paper on Indian policy 1969
• Berger Commission 1972
• Entrenched the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms into the Constitution Act 1982
• Appointed Bertha Wilson first woman justice of the Supreme Court of Canada 1982
• Leader of the Opposition 1990 - 1993

Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867 - 1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.