Herb Gray

Politician

1931 – 2014

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Who was Herb Gray?

Herbert Eser "Herb" Gray, PC CC QC 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.

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Born
May 25, 1931
Windsor
Also known as
  • Herbert Eser Gray
Religion
  • Judaism
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • Canada
Profession
Education
  • McGill University
  • Osgoode Hall Law School
Lived in
  • Ottawa
  • Windsor
Died
Apr 21, 2014
Ottawa

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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