Sources
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
J. J. Michel Robert
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
J.J. Michel Robert, PC (born January 29, 1938) is a Quebec jurist and former Canadian politician.
Robert served as president of the Young Liberals of Canada from 1963 to 1965, and was a member of the 1982 to 1985 Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada headed by Donald Stovel Macdonald. From 1986 to 1990, he was president of the Liberal Party of Canada. In 1991, he was appointed to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada when Prime Minister Brian Mulroney appointed him to the Security Intelligence Review Committee.
Robert's legal career began with his admission to the Bar of Quebec in 1962. He was senior partner in the firm of Robert Dansereau, Barred, Marchessault and Lauzon, Montreal from 1968 to 1990 and in private practice with Langlois Robert from 1990 to 1995.
In 1995, he was appointed a puisne justice on the Quebec Court of Appeal, and became chief justice in 2002.
| Party political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Iona Campagnolo |
President of the Liberal Party of Canada 1986–1990 |
Succeeded by Don Johnston |