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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Geoffrey Kelley
- Geoffrey Kelley (born February 17, 1955 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, coach and teacher.
- He was a member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Jacques-Cartier in Montreal's West Island region from 1994 to 2018, representing the Quebec Liberal Party. Kelley went to the Université de Montréal to study French courses and then obtained a diploma at John Abbott College.
- He would later obtain a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree in modern history of Canada at McGill University.
- He was then a teacher at Commission scolaire du Lakeshore and a lecturer at various institutions including John Abbott College, Collège Marie-Victorin and McGill University.
- He was also the political aide for several cabinet ministers including the Minister of Education (1990), the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Public Security (1990–1994) and was a chief of staff of the Deputy Premier and the President of the Treasury Board (1994). Kelley jumped into politics when he was elected in 1994 in Jacques-Cartier and re-elected in 1998.
- He served as the Liberal critic in family policy and native affairs.
- After being re-elected in 2003, he was a backbencher until he was named Minister for Native Affairs in 2005.
- Despite being re-elected to a fourth term in the 2007 elections, he was not re-appointed to Jean Charest's cabinet.
- He became chair of the Social Affairs Commission.
- In 2011 he was re-appointed as Minister for Native Affairs. He announced his retirement in 2018, and was succeeded by his son Greg Kelley in the 2018 election.
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