Roger Teillet | |
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| Minister of Veterans Affairs | |
| In office 22 April 1963 – 5 July 1968 | |
| Prime Minister | Lester B. Pearson Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Marcel Lambert |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Eudes Dubé |
| Member of Parliament for St. Boniface | |
| In office 18 June 1962 – 24 June 1968 | |
| Preceded by | Laurier Régnier |
| Succeeded by | Joseph-Philippe Guay |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. Boniface | |
| In office 8 June 1953 – 13 May 1959 | |
| Preceded by | Edwin Hansford |
| Succeeded by | Laurent Desjardins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jean-Baptiste Roger Joseph Camille Teillet 21 August 1912 St. Vital, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | 1 May 2002 (aged 89) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Other political affiliations | Liberal-Progressive |
| Spouse |
Jeanne Boux
(m. 1940; died 2000) |
| Relations | Louis Riel (great uncle) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Université de Saint-Boniface |
| Profession |
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Jean-Baptiste Roger Joseph Camille Teillet PC (21 August 1912 – 1 May 2002) was a Canadian politician, becoming the first self-identifying Métis member of the Canadian Cabinet in 1963.[1]
He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1953 to 1959, and in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal from 1962 to 1968. Teillet was a cabinet minister in the government of Lester B. Pearson, and retained that post after Pearson stepped down and Pierre Elliott Trudeau became the new Liberal leader.[1]