Born
11 January 1934, Shawinigan, Quebec
The Right Honourable
Jean Chrétien
Biographical Information
Born
11 January 1934, Shawinigan, Quebec
Education
Laval University (LL.B.)
Personal Status
Married 1957, Aline Chainé (b. 1936)
One daughter, two sons
Occupation
Lawyer (called to the Quebec Bar in 1958)
1958-1963 Lawyer with Chretién, Landry, Deschênes, Trudel and Normand
1962-1963 Director of the Bar of Trois-Rivières
1986-1990 Counsel with Lang, Mitchener, Lawrence and Shaw, and Senior Advisor with Gordon Capital Corporation, Montreal
Party
Liberal
1990 Party Leader
Constituencies
1963-1968 St-Maurice-Laflèche, Quebec
1968-1986 St-Maurice, Quebec
1990-1993 Beauséjour, New Brunswick
1993-present, St-Maurice, Quebec
Other Ministries
1965 Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Pearson
1965 Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Finance
1967 Minister of State attached to the Minister of Finance
January-July 1968 Minister of National Revenue
July 1968-August 1974 Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
August 1974-September 1976 President of the Treasury Board
September 1976-1977 Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce
September 1977-1979 Minister of Finance
March 1980-September 1982 Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Minister of State for Social Development, Minister responsible for constitutional negotiations
September 1982-June 1984 Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources
June 1984-September 1984 Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for External Affairs
Political Record
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
