Francis Fox

For other people named Francis Fox, see Francis Fox (disambiguation).

The Honourable Francis Fox PC QC

Senator for Victoria, Quebec
In office August 29, 2005 – December 2, 2011
Appointed by	Paul Martin
Preceded by	Leo Kolber
Succeeded by	Jean-Guy Dagenais
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Blainville—Deux-Montagnes
In office 1979–1984
Preceded by	The electoral district was created in 1976/1977.
Succeeded by	Monique Landry
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes
In office 1972–1979
Preceded by	The electoral district was created in 1970.
Succeeded by	The electoral district was abolished in 1976.
Personal details
Born	(1939-12-02) December 2, 1939 Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Liberal
Cabinet	Minister for International Trade (1984) Secretary of State of Canada (1980–1981) Minister of Communications (1980–1984) Solicitor General of Canada (1976–1978)
Portfolio	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (1975–1976)

Francis Fox, PC, QC (born December 2, 1939) is a former member of the Senate of Canada, Canadian Cabinet minister, and Principal Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, and thus was a senior aide to Prime Minister Paul Martin. He also worked as a lobbyist in the 1980s.

Life and career

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Fox is a lawyer by training. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1972 election as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes, Quebec. He was re-elected in the 1974 election from the same constituency. In the 1979 and 1980 elections, he was returned as MP for Blainville—Deux-Montagnes before being defeated in that riding in the 1984 election.

Fox was appointed to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1976 when he became Solicitor General of Canada. Bilingual, Fox was seen as an up-and-comer in the Liberal cabinet, and even a potential party leader. However, he was forced to resign on January 27, 1978, when it became known that he had forged the signature of his then girlfriend's husband on a form granting permission for her to have an abortion. Although he was married at the time of the scandal, he subsequently divorced his wife, Joan Pennefather.^[1] He later married a subsequent girlfriend Vivian Case. He is currently married to Vivian Case, who is an artist, and has three children, John Fox (with his first wife) and Daniel and Julianna Fox (with Vivian). Daniel is currently studying to become a chartered accountant and Julianna is a lawyer. John is the president and CEO of Batawa Development Corporation.

He returned to Cabinet after the 1980 election when Trudeau appointed him to the position of Secretary of State for Canada and Minister of Communications. He then served as Minister of International Trade in 1984 in the short-lived government of Trudeau's successor, John Turner.

With the defeat of the Turner government and the loss of his own seat, Fox returned to the private sector. He became a lobbyist, and a member of Government Consultants International, a consulting firm, with Frank Moores, Gary Ouellet and Gerald Doucet. Subsequently he was a senior partner in the law firm of Martineau Walker, and later as an executive at Rogers AT&T Wireless.

In 2003, he became a senior member of Paul Martin's transition team as he prepared to succeed Jean Chrétien as prime minister. In 2004, Fox became Martin's principal secretary, but it was announced on August 18 that he would be leaving the position on October 1 in order to return to private life.

In private life, Fox served as the President of former minister Liza Frulla's riding.

He was an early prominent supporter of former Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff.

Fox was appointed to the Senate on Martin's recommendation on August 29, 2005, and announced his resignation on November 30, 2011, effective December 2.^[2]

References

↑ "Canadian official resigns". Associated Press (The Tuscaloosa News). Jan 31, 1978. p. 7. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
↑ "Francis Fox cites family reasons for early resignation from Senate". Huffington Post. Canadian Press. November 30, 2011.

External links

Cabinet of Prime Minister John Turner (1984)

Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau (1980–1984)

Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau (1968–1979)

Secretaries of State of Canada

Langevin Aikins Christie Scott Aikins O'Connor Mousseau Chapleau Patterson Costigan Dickey Montague Ouimet (acting) Daly (acting) Tupper Scott Murphy Roche Coderre Blondin Patenaude Sévigny (acting) Meighen Burrell Sifton Drayton (acting) Monty Copp Foster Murphy (acting) Lapointe Perley Rinfret Cahan Rinfret Lapointe Casgrain McLarty Martin Gibson Bradley Pickersgill Pinard Fairclough Courtemanche Balcer Dorion Balcer Halpenny Pickersgill Lamontagne LaMarsh Connolly Marchand Pelletier Faulkner Roberts MacDonald Fox Regan Joyal McLean B. Bouchard Crombie L. Bouchard Weiner de Cotret Landry¹

¹The department was eliminated in 1993 when the government was reorganized. The position of Secretary of State for Canada was not legally eliminated until 1996 when its remaining responsibilities were assigned to other cabinet positions and departments, particularly the newly created position of Minister of Canadian Heritage.

Ministers of Communications

Kierans Côté Pelletier Stanbury Pelletier Juneau Lang Sauvé D. MacDonald Fox Lumley Masse Bouchard Masse F. MacDonald Murray Masse Beatty Landry Dupuy Copps Robillard Copps¹

¹The offices of Minister of Communications, and Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship were abolished and the office of Minister of Canadian Heritage came in force July 12, 1996.

Ministers of International Trade

Ministers of Trade and Commerce (1892–1969)	Mackenzie Bowell William Bullock Ives John Costigan (acting) William Bullock Ives Richard John Cartwright George Eulas Foster Henry Herbert Stevens James Alexander Robb Thomas Andrew Low James Alexander Robb (acting) Henry Herbert Stevens (acting) James Dew Chaplin James Malcolm Henry Herbert Stevens Richard Burpee Hanson William Daum Euler James Angus MacKinnon Clarence Decatur Howe Gordon Churchill George Harris Hees Malcolm Wallace McCutcheon Mitchell William Sharp Robert Henry Winters Jean-Luc Pépin (acting) Charles Mills Drury Jean-Luc Pépin

Ministers of Industry (1963–1969)	Charles Mills Drury Jean-Luc Pépin

Ministers of Industry, Trade and Commerce (1969–1983)	Jean-Luc Pépin Alastair William Gillespie Donald Campbell Jamieson Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien John Henry Horner Robert de Cotret Herbert Eser Gray Edward Lumley

Minister of State for International Trade (1979–1980)	Michael Wilson

Minister of State (Trade) (1980–1982)	Edward Lumley

Ministers of State (International Trade) (1982–1983)	Edward Lumley Gerald Regan

Ministers of International Trade (1983–)	Gerald Regan Francis Fox James Francis Kelleher Patricia Carney John Carnell Crosbie Michael Wilson Thomas Hockin Roy MacLaren Art Eggleton Sergio Marchi Pierre Pettigrew Jim Peterson David Emerson Michael Fortier Stockwell Day Peter Van Loan Ed Fast Chrystia Freeland

Solicitors General of Canada

Curran Tupper Fitzpatrick Carroll Lemieux Bureau Meighen Guthrie Fauteux McKenzie McMurray Cannon Fauteux Cannon Dupré Jean Lapointe Garson Campney Macdonald Balcer Browne MacNaught Pennell Turner McIlraith Goyer Allmand Fox Basford (acting) Blais Lawrence Kaplan MacKay Beatty Kelleher Beatty (acting) Blais Cadieux Lewis Gray Scott MacAulay Easter¹

¹The office of Solicitor General was abolished and the office of Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness was in force April 4, 2005.

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