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Rt. Hon. Herb Gray

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	Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Canadian Section of the International Joint Commission

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Herb Gray was born in Windsor, Ontario, on May 25th, 1931, the son of the late Harry and Fannie Gray.
After graduating from Victoria School and Kennedy Collegiate in Windsor, he graduated from the School of Commerce of McGill University (Montreal) and Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto). He is a member of the Ontario Bar.
He was first elected to Parliament on June 18, 1962 in his initial attempt at gaining public office for what is now called Windsor West, which takes in a large part of the City of Windsor, Ontario. He was re-elected in all twelve subsequent federal elections as a member of the Liberal Party. This constitutes an unequalled record of thirteen consecutive election victories as well as a record for continuous days of service in the House of Commons B 39 years, six months and 26 days.
Prior to September 1984, Mr. Gray served as Chair of the House of Commons Committee on Finance, Trade and Economic Affairs, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance, Minister without Portfolio working with the Minister of Finance, Minister of National Revenue, Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Critic on Finance for the Official Opposition, Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce, Minister of Regional Economic Expansion and President of the Treasury Board.
From September 1984 to February 1990, he served as Opposition House Leader. From January, 1989 to February 1990, he was also Deputy Leader of the Opposition. From February 1990 to January 1991, he was Leader of the Opposition. From February 1991 to November 1993, he served again as Finance Critic for the Official Opposition.
On November 4th, 1993, he was appointed Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Solicitor General of Canada which meant he was responsible for all federal law enforcement activities. On June 11th, 1997, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister, the first to occupy that position as a full time cabinet post.
On September 24th, 1997, he was assigned responsibility for development of the Government of Canada’s activities to mark the new millennium. On March 12, 1998, Mr. Gray was designated as the Minister responsible for the Millennium Bureau of Canada. On September 11th, 2000, he was appointed by the Prime Minister as special representative to deal with the longstanding issue of Indian residential schools. He was the Minister responsible for the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution of Canada which was created in June 2001.
Mr. Gray ceased to be Deputy Prime Minister and resigned from the House of Commons on January 14, 2002 to become the Chair of the Canadian Section of the International Joint Commission.
On January 15, 2002 the Governor General bestowed on Mr. Gray the title "Right Honourable". He is now one of only 6 Canadians to currently hold the title, in addition to current and former Prime Ministers, Governors General, and Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Mr. Gray worked extensively as a Minister and as an M.P. in the fields of parliamentary affairs, economic and industrial development, foreign investment, finance, consumer protection, competition, international trade, the environment and climate change, and Canada-US border issues.
Mr. Gray, who is bilingual, took part in the work of a number of community organizations in the Windsor area prior to his election to Parliament, including the Jaycees (Windsor President 1961-62), B’nai Brith and the Club Richelieu. He is a member of the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue in Windsor and the Machzikei Hadas Synagogue in Ottawa.
On July 23, 1967, he married Sharon Sholzberg, a lawyer, originally from Ville St. Laurent (Montreal), Quebec. They have a son, Jonathan David, born October 8, 1971, and a daughter, Elizabeth Anne, born August 5, 1974. Mr. Gray resides in Ottawa, where the Canadian Section Headquarters of the IJC is located.
Mr. Gray can be contacted at: International Joint Commission, 234 Laurier Ave. W., 22nd Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6K6 Tel.: (613) 995-2984 Fax.: (613) 993-5583

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