Herb Gray

The Right Honourable Herb Gray PC CC QC
Gray in 2008
7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
In office June 11, 1997 – January 14, 2002
Prime Minister	Jean Chrétien
Preceded by	Sheila Copps
Succeeded by	John Manley
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
In office November 4, 1993 – April 27, 1997
Prime Minister	Jean Chrétien
Preceded by	Doug Lewis
Succeeded by	Don Boudria
Leader of the Opposition
In office February 8, 1990 – December 10, 1990
Preceded by	John Turner
Succeeded by	Jean Chrétien
Cabinet positions President of the Treasury Board In office September 30, 1982 – September 16, 1984 Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau John Turner Preceded by Donald Johnston Succeeded by Robert de Cotret Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion In office January 12, 1982 – September 29, 1982 Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Preceded by Pierre De Bané Succeeded by Ed Lumley Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce In office March 3, 1980 – September 29, 1982 Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Preceded by Robert René de Cotret Succeeded by Ed Lumley Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs In office November 27, 1972 – August 7, 1974 Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Preceded by Bob Andras Succeeded by André Ouellet Minister of National Revenue In office September 24, 1970 – November 26, 1972 Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau Preceded by Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté Succeeded by Robert Stanbury
Member of Parliament for Windsor West (Essex West; 1962–1968)
In office June 18, 1962 – January 15, 2002
Preceded by	Norman Spencer
Succeeded by	Brian Masse
Personal details
Born	Herbert Eser Gray (1931-05-25)May 25, 1931 Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Died	April 21, 2014(2014-04-21) (aged 82) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Sharon Sholzberg ​ (m. 1967)​
Children	2
Residence(s)	Ottawa, Ontario
Alma mater	McGill University Osgoode Hall Law School
Profession	Lawyer

Herbert Eser Gray PC CC QC (May 25, 1931 – April 21, 2014) was a Canadian lawyer who became a prominent federal politician. He was a Liberal member of parliament for the Windsor area over the course of four decades, from 1962 to 2002, making Gray one of the longest-serving members in Canadian history. He was a cabinet minister under three prime ministers and was the seventh deputy prime minister from 1997 to 2002. Gray was Canada's first Jewish federal cabinet minister,^[1] and he is one of the few Canadians granted the honorific The Right Honourable who was not so entitled by virtue of a position held.