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Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté, Member of Parliament, minister, senator and lieutenant-governor of Quebec (born 9 January 1926 in Montreal, QC; died 10 July 2002 in Montreal).
Career Highlights
Jean-Pierre Côté studied at the School of Dental Technology, and was first elected to the House of Commons for Longueuil riding in 1963. He was named to the Privy Council and served as postmaster general (1965), minister of national revenue (1968) and again postmaster general (1970). He was named to the Senate in 1972 but left it in 1978 to become lieutenant-governor of the province of Quebec, a position he held until 1984. Admired and consulted because of his good judgement, discretion and public spirit, he sat on several administrative bodies. In later years, he took up painting.
