Francis Fox

Francis Fox
Secretary of State for Canada
In office
March 3, 1980 – September 21, 1981
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byDavid MacDonald
Succeeded byGerald Regan
Minister of Communications
In office
March 3, 1980 – June 29, 1984
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byDavid MacDonald
Succeeded byEd Lumley
Solicitor General of Canada
In office
September 14, 1976 – January 27, 1978
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byWarren Allmand
Succeeded byJean-Jacques Blais
Senator for Victoria, Quebec
In office
August 29, 2005 – December 2, 2011
Appointed byPaul Martin
Preceded byLeo Kolber
Succeeded byJean-Guy Dagenais
Member of Parliament
for Blainville—Deux-Montagnes
(Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes; 1972–1979)
In office
October 30, 1972 – September 4, 1984
Preceded byRiding established
Succeeded byMonique Landry
Personal details
Born (1939-12-02) December 2, 1939 (age 84)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal
CabinetMinister for International Trade (1984)
Secretary of State of Canada (1980–1981)
Minister of Communications (1980–1984)
Solicitor General of Canada (1976–1978)
PortfolioParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (1975–1976)

Francis Fox PC KC (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.