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James Kelleher

James Kelleher

Canadian politician

For the Irish Olympic boxer, see James Kelleher (boxer).

James Francis Kelleher PC QC (October 2, 1930 – June 2, 2013) was a Canadian politician and retired senator.

Quick Facts Member of the Senate of Canada (for Ontario), Appointed by ...

Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario,[1] he received a B.A. degree in 1952 from Queen's University and an LL.B. degree in 1956 from Osgoode Hall Law School. Kelleher was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1984 election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

He was appointed minister of international trade in the first cabinet of prime minister Brian Mulroney. In 1986, he became solicitor general as the result of a cabinet shuffle, and remained so until his defeat in the 1988 election.

On September 23, 1990, Kelleher was appointed to the Senate of Canada on Mulroney's recommendation.[2][unreliable source?] He retired from the upper house upon his seventy-fifth birthday, October 2, 2005, due to the Senate's mandatory retirement rules.

He died of heart problems in 2013.[3]

Archives

There is a James Kelleher fonds at Library and Archives Canada.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "James Kelleher Video | Interviews". OV Guide. October 2, 2005. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  2. [2]
    "List of senators in the 34th Parliament of Canada: Information from". Answers.com. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  3. [3]
    Elaine Della-Mattia (June 3, 2013). "James Kelleher served city and nation". The Sault Star. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  4. [4]
    "James Kelleher fonds, Library and Archives Canada". Retrieved September 4, 2020.
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