Jean-Pierre Côté

Jean-Pierre Côté , PC , OC (born January 9, 1926 in Montreal , † July 10, 2002 ibid) was a Canadian politician . From 1963 to 1972 he was a Liberal MP in the Canadian House of Commons , during which time he held several ministerial posts. He was then a senator until 1978 , finally serving as vice governor of the province of Québec until 1984 .

biography

Côté trained as a dental technician at the Polytechnic School of Dentistry in Montreal . During his studies he played Canadian football for a short time with the Montreal Alouettes , later he opened his own practice in the neighboring town of Longueuil . From 1960 to 1963 he gained his first political experience there as a member and president of the school council. As a candidate for the Liberal Party , he ran for the 1963 general election and prevailed over incumbent Pierre Sévigny in the Longueuil constituency . He was re-elected in 1965 and 1968.

In Lester Pearson's federal cabinet , Côté was post office minister from December 1965 to July 1968. Pearson's successor, Pierre Trudeau , then made him head of the Ministry of National Income. After he had been Minister without Portfolio from September 1970 to June 1971, he took over the Ministry of Post again. On September 1, 1972, Trudeau named him a senator . Finally, he was sworn in on April 27, 1978 by Governor General Jules Léger as Lieutenant Governor of Québec. He held this representative office until March 28, 1984.

Web links

• Biography on the Québec National Assembly website
• Jean-Pierre Côté - biographical information on the website of the Canadian Parliament (English)