Herb Gray Politician

Herbert Eser "Herb" Gray, PC CC QC (May 25, 1931 – April 21, 2014) was a Canadian Member of Parliament for four decades, and cabinet minister under three prime ministers, who served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1997 to 2002. He was Canada's first Jewish federal cabinet minister, and is one of only a few Canadians ever granted the honorific The Right Honourable who was not so entitled by virtue of a position held.

Personal facts

Herb Gray
Birth dateMay 25, 1931
Birth place
Windsor Ontario
Religion
Judaism
Date of deathApril 21, 2014
Place of death
Ottawa
Residence
Ottawa
Education
Osgoode Hall Law School
McGill University

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Office holder

monarch
Elizabeth II
office
Leader of the Opposition
7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
Member of Parliament for Essex West
Member of Parliament for Windsor West
party
Liberal Party of Canada
prime minister
successor

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