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Jason Kenney

Jason Kenney, politician, Member of Parliament (1997–2016), leader of the United Conservative Party of Alberta (2017–22), premier of Alberta (2019–22) (born 30 May 1968 in Oakville, ON). Jason Kenney was Member of Parliament for Calgary Southeast for nearly 20 years. He held several cabinet positions in the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, including Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism; Minister of Employment and social development; and Minister of National Defence. Kenney resigned his seat in Parliament in 2016. In 2017, he was elected leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party (UCP). It won a majority government in April 2019. Kenney stepped down as premier and UCP leader in May 2022 following a leadership review.
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Jason Sherman

When he applied his hand to dramatic writing, critical acclaim quickly followed. His first works to be professionally produced were A Place Like Pamela (1991) for Walking Shadow Theatre, and To Cry Is Not So (1991) for Theatre Smith-Gilmour.
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Jason Wu

Made famous by designing Michelle Obama's gowns for the first and second inauguration of Barack Obama as president of the United States, Jason Wu has been called a designer from a different era, reinventing classical feminine silhouettes while incorporating traditional techniques.
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Jay Baruchel

Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel, actor, writer, producer, director (born 9 April 1982 in Ottawa, ON). An idiosyncratic actor with a slacker charm and a geeky disposition, Jay Baruchel has built a successful career playing perennial underdogs, awkward but likeable outsiders and comedic versions of himself. He has enjoyed great success in Hollywood, particularly with the hugely successful How to Train Your Dragon franchise, while working just as consistently in the Canadian film industry, for which he is a passionate advocate.
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Jay Rahn

(Douglas) Jay (Philip) Rahn. Ethnomusicologist, musicologist, music theorist, b St Catharines Ont 28 Dec 1947; B MUS (Toronto) 1969; MA, M PHIL (Columbia) 1972, PH D (Columbia) 1978.
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Jay Silverheels

Harold J. Smith (commonly known as Jay Silverheels), actor (born 26 May 1912 in Six Nations of the Grand River, ON; died 5 March 1980 in Woodland Hills, California). A leading athlete on his reserve as a youth, Jay Silverheels was a top lacrosse player and boxer. He had a successful acting career, with perhaps his best-known role being Tonto in the Lone Ranger television series and films.
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Jayne Eastwood

From the early 1970s to the mid-1980s Eastwood appeared in stage productions of works by Michel TREMBLAY, Tom Stoppard, and Neil Simon, by such companies as Theatre in the Dell, Toronto Arts Productions, Centrestage Company, and Toronto Truck Theatre.
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J.D.A. Tripp

J.D.A. (John David Alvin or Alexander) Tripp. Pianist, teacher, b Dunbarton, east of Toronto, 10 Jan 1867, d Vancouver 26 Nov 1945; ATCM 1889.
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Jean A. Duquette

Jean (or John) A. (Alfred) Duquette. Violinist, violist, teacher, b Oswego, NY, 15 Mar 1853, d Montreal 10 May 1902. Arriving in Montreal ca 1865, he studied violin 1865-71 with Jules Hone. He spent the next two years at the Boston Conservatory, where he obtained a diploma.
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Jean Allaire

Jean Allaire, politician, lawyer, activist (born 1930; died 25 August 2026). Jean Allaire is the author of the report A Québec free to choose: report of the Constitutional Committee of the Québec Liberal Party. (See Allaire Report.) Together with Mario Dumont, he also founded the Action démocratique du Québec party in 1994. He was the party’s first leader. Its aim was to bring together federalists and sovereigntists (see Sovereignty-Association), as well as to put an end to several years of bipartisanship between the Parti Québécois and the Quebec Liberal Party.
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Jean-Antoine Aide-Créquy

Jean-Antoine Aide-Créquy, priest, painter (b at Québec City 5 Apr 1749; d there 6 Dec 1780). The first Canadian-born painter, he was the son of a master mason. He was ordained in 1773 and became parish priest at Baie-St-Paul.
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Jean Ashworth Bartle

Jean Ashworth Bartle (formerly Gam). Choral conductor, teacher, b Little Borough, Lancashire, Eng, 7 Mar 1947, naturalized Canadian 1968; ARCT (performance) 1970, ARCT (teaching) 1973, BA Honours (Toronto) 1977.
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Jean-Aubert Loranger

Jean-Aubert Loranger, poet, storyteller, journalist (b at Montreal 26 Oct 1896; d there 28 Oct 1942). Loranger belonged to a family known for its lawyers (the Lorangers), writers (AUBERT DE GASPÉ) and military officers (Charles de SALABERRY).
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Jean Augustine

Jean Augustine (née Simon), PC, CM, first Black female MP and Cabinet minister, social justice advocate, teacher, principal (born 9 September 1937 in Happy Hill, Grenada). Jean Augustine was a trailblazing politician and social activist: elected the first Black female Member of Parliament (1993), appointed the first Black woman in Cabinet (2002), and named first Fairness Commissioner by the Government of Ontario (2007). Her legacy includes the federal declaration of February as Black History Month, a motion she introduced in 1995.
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French statesman, comptroller general of finances during the reign of Louis XIV (born 29 August 1619 in Reims, France; died 6 September 1683 in Paris, France). He was the king’s right-hand man and his work led to an unprecedented boost for commerce, industry, financial organization, justice, and royal navy forces. He greatly contributed to the rise of France on the international landscape and had a major influence on the development and settlement of New France. He was also involved in writing the Code Noir which codified slavery, notably in the West Indies and Louisiana. (See also Black Enslavement in Canada.)
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