Jean-Pierre Côté

The Honourable
Jean-Pierre Côté
PC OC
The Honourable Jean-Pierre Côté PC OC
23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
	In office; April 27, 1978 – March 28, 1984
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governors General	Jules Léger; Edward Schreyer
Premier	René Lévesque
Preceded by	Hugues Lapointe
Succeeded by	Gilles Lamontagne
Senator for Kennebec, Quebec
	In office; September 1, 1972 – April 27, 1978
Preceded by	Cyrille Vaillancourt
Succeeded by	Claude Wagner
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Longueuil
	In office; April 8, 1963 – October 30, 1972
Preceded by	Pierre Sévigny
Succeeded by	Jacques Olivier
Personal details
Born	Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté; January 9, 1926; Montreal, Quebec
Died	July 10, 2002 (aged 76); Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Liberal
Cabinet	Postmaster General (1965–1968); Minister of National Revenue (1968–1970); Minister Without Portfolio (1970–1971); Postmaster General (1971–1972); Minister of Communications (Acting) (1971)

Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté PC OC (January 9, 1926 – July 10, 2002) was a Canadian parliamentarian and the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.

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.

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.

Senate of Canada

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

Lieutenant Governor of Quebec

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

Family

On July 31, 1948, he married Marie Anne Germaine Tremblay (17 September 1922 - 31 January 2011). They had eight children together: Andrée, Gilbert, Danielle, Robert, Paul, Hélène, Jocelyne, Isabelle.^[1]

Honours

He was sworn in as a Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on 18 December 1965. This gave him the right to the honorific prefix "The Honourable" and the post nominal letters "PC" for life.
In 1992, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada giving him the post nominal letters "OC".
In 2002 he was given the Canadian version of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal.

Artist

He was also an accomplished landscape painter.^[2] His paintings are quite sought after.^[3]

References

^ "Genealogy Jean-Pierre Côté". Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
^ Canadian Heritage Information Network - Jean-Pierre Côté
^ The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Documentary Resources

External links

[1] "Genealogy Jean-Pierre Côté". Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

[2] Canadian Heritage Information Network - Jean-Pierre Côté

[3] The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts - Documentary Resources

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The Honourable Jean-Pierre Côté PC OC

23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
In office April 27, 1978 – March 28, 1984
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governors General	Jules Léger Edward Schreyer
Premier	René Lévesque
Preceded by	Hugues Lapointe
Succeeded by	Gilles Lamontagne
Senator for Kennebec, Quebec
In office September 1, 1972 – April 27, 1978
Preceded by	Cyrille Vaillancourt
Succeeded by	Claude Wagner
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Longueuil
In office April 8, 1963 – October 30, 1972
Preceded by	Pierre Sévigny
Succeeded by	Jacques Olivier

Personal details
Born	Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté (1926-01-09)January 9, 1926 Montreal, Quebec
Died	July 10, 2002(2002-07-10) (aged 76) Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Liberal
Cabinet	Postmaster General (1965–1968) Minister of National Revenue (1968–1970) Minister Without Portfolio (1970–1971) Postmaster General (1971–1972) Minister of Communications (Acting) (1971)