Jean-Pierre Wallot

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Jean-Pierre Wallot, OC, FRSC, (born May 22, 1935) is a Canadian historian, educator, civil servant and the former National Archivist of Canada.

Born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, he graduated from the Université de Montréal in 1954. He also received a Master's and Doctorate from the same university. Wallot worked as a journalist from 1954 to 1960. From 1966 to 1969, he was a historian with the National Museum of Man in Ottawa. He has held a number of senior administrative positions at the Université de Montréal including Chairman, Department of History (1973 – 1975), Vice-Dean Studies (1975 – 1978) and Vice-Dean Research (1979 – 1982) in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Vice-President Academic (1982 – 1985). From 1985 until 1997, he was National Archivist.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1978 and served as the President from 1997 to 1999.

In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

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