James Kelleher
| James Kelleher | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie |
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| In office 1984–1988 |
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| Preceded by | Ron Irwin |
| Succeeded by | Steve Butland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 2, 1930 |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario |
| Occupation | lawyer |
| Cabinet | Minister for International Trade (1984-1986) Solicitor General of Canada (1986-1988) |
James Francis "Jim" Kelleher, PC, QC (born October 2, 1930) is a Canadian politician and retired Senator.
Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, he received a B.A. degree in 1952 from Queen's University and a LL.B. degree in 1956 from Osgoode Hall Law School. Kelleher was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
He was appointed Minister of International Trade in the first Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. In 1986, he became Solicitor General of Canada as the result of a cabinet shuffle, and remained so until his defeat in the 1988 election.
In 1990, Kelleher was appointed to the Canadian Senate on Mulroney's recommendation. He retired from the upper house upon his seventy-fifth birthday, October 2, 2005, due to the Senate's mandatory retirement rules.
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- 1930 births
- Living people
- Lawyers in Ontario
- Canadian senators from Ontario
- Conservative Party of Canada senators
- Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Ontario
- Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada senators
- People from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
- Canadian people of German descent
- Queen's University alumni
- Osgoode Hall Law School alumni
