Francis Fox | |
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Secretary of State for Canada | |
In office March 3, 1980 – September 21, 1981 | |
Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
Preceded by | David MacDonald |
Succeeded by | Gerald Regan |
Minister of Communications | |
In office March 3, 1980 – June 29, 1984 | |
Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
Preceded by | David MacDonald |
Succeeded by | Ed Lumley |
Solicitor General of Canada | |
In office September 14, 1976 – January 27, 1978 | |
Prime Minister | Pierre Trudeau |
Preceded by | Warren Allmand |
Succeeded by | Jean-Jacques Blais |
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 Parliament for Blainville—Deux-Montagnes (Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes; 1972–1979) | |
In office October 30, 1972 – September 4, 1984 | |
Preceded by | Riding established |
Succeeded by | Monique Landry |
Personal details | |
Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | December 2, 1939
Died | September 24, 2024 | (aged 84)
Political party | Liberal |
Portfolio | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (1975–1976) |
Francis Fox PC KC (December 2, 1939 – September 24, 2024) was a Canadian politician who was a member of the Senate, 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.