Herb Gray

Herb Gray
Gray in 2008
7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
In office
June 11, 1997 – January 14, 2002
Prime MinisterJean Chrétien
Preceded bySheila Copps
Succeeded byJohn Manley
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
In office
November 4, 1993 – April 27, 1997
Prime MinisterJean Chrétien
Preceded byDoug Lewis
Succeeded byDon Boudria
Leader of the Opposition
In office
February 8, 1990 – December 10, 1990
Preceded byJohn Turner
Succeeded byJean Chrétien
Cabinet positions
President of the Treasury Board
In office
September 30, 1982 – September 16, 1984
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
John Turner
Preceded byDonald Johnston
Succeeded byRobert de Cotret
Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion
In office
January 12, 1982 – September 29, 1982
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byPierre De Bané
Succeeded byEd Lumley
Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce
In office
March 3, 1980 – September 29, 1982
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byRobert René de Cotret
Succeeded byEd Lumley
Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs
In office
November 27, 1972 – August 7, 1974
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byBob Andras
Succeeded byAndré Ouellet
Minister of National Revenue
In office
September 24, 1970 – November 26, 1972
Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau
Preceded byJoseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté
Succeeded byRobert Stanbury
Member of Parliament
for Windsor West
(Essex West; 1962–1968)
In office
June 18, 1962 – January 15, 2002
Preceded byNorman Spencer
Succeeded byBrian Masse
Personal details
Born
Herbert Eser Gray

(1931-05-25)May 25, 1931
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
DiedApril 21, 2014(2014-04-21) (aged 82)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Sharon Sholzberg
(m. 1967)
Children2
Residence(s)Ottawa, Ontario
Alma materMcGill University
Osgoode Hall Law School
ProfessionLawyer

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.

  1. ^ "Commissioners' Biography". International Joint Commission.