Jean-Pierre Côté

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Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté, PC , OC (January 9, 1926 – July 10, 2002) was a Canadian parliamentarian and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.

1 Early life
2 Member of Parliament
3 Senate of Canada
4 Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
5 Family
6 Honors
7 External links

[edit] Early life

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Émile Côté and Cédia Roy, he studied to be a dental technician at the École technique de denturologie in Montreal.

[edit] Member of Parliament

In the 1963 federal elections, he was elected in the riding of Longueuil as the Liberal candidate. He was re-elected in 1965 and 1968. He held quite a few ministerial positions including Postmaster General, Minister of National Revenue, Minister without Portfolio, and Minister of Communications (Acting). He did not run for re-election in 1972.

[edit] Senate of Canada

In 1972, he was summoned to the senate representing the senatorial division of Kennebec, Quebec. He resigned in 1978.

[edit] Lieutenant Governor of Quebec

In 1978, he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. He served until 1984.

[edit] Family

On July 31, 1948, he married Marie Anne Germaine Tremblay. They had eight children together.

[edit] Honors

In 1992, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

[edit] External links

Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament

	Lieutenant-Governors of Quebec
Post-Confederation (1867-present) Belleau \| Caron \| Saint-Just \| Robitaille \| Masson \| Angers \| Chapleau \| Jetté \| Pelletier \| Langelier \| Leblanc \| Fitzpatrick \| Brodeur \| Pérodeau \| Gouin \| Carroll \| Patenaude \| Fiset \| Fauteux \| Gagnon \| Comtois \| Lapointe \| Côté \| Lamontagne \| Asselin \| Roux \| Thibault Province of Canada (1841-1866) Clitherow \| Jackson \| Bagot \| Fernhill \| Cathcart \| Elgin \| Head \| Monck Lower Canada (1791-1841) Prescott \| Milnes \| Dunn \| Craig \| Prevost \| Drummond \| Wilson \| Sherbrooke \| Richmond \| Dalhousie \| Aylmer \| Gosford \| Colborne \| Durham \| Sydenham