Geoffrey Kelley

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Geoffrey Kelley
MNA for Jacques-Cartier
Incumbent
Assumed office September 12, 1994
Preceded by	Neil Cameron
Personal details
Born	(1955-02-17) February 17, 1955 Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Quebec Liberal Party
Spouse(s)	Judy Harper
Profession	Politician, Teacher

Geoffrey Kelley (born February 17, 1955 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Quebec politician, coach and teacher. He is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Jacques-Cartier in Montreal's West Island region. He represents 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 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 was also a coach of a Lakeshore soccer club and was an outfielder for a Beaconsfield baseball club.

Kelley jumped into politics when he was elected in 1994 in Jacques-Cartier and re-elected in 1998. He served as the Liberal's critics 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 is currently Chair of the Social Affairs Commission. And then in 2011 he was re-elected as Minister of Indian Affairs

External links

"Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

Political offices
Preceded by Benoit Pelletier	Delegate Minister for Indian Affairs 2005–2007	Succeeded by Benoit Pelletier

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Quebec Liberal Party¹	Fournier Arcand Bergman Billette Blais G. Bolduc Y. Bolduc Boulet Carrière Chagnon Charbonneau Charlebois D'Amour de Santis Diamond Drolet Dutil M. Gaudreault Gautrin Hamad Houda-Pepin Iraca James Kelley L'Écuyer Lessard Marcoux Marsan Ménard Moreau Morin Ouellette F. Ouimet G. Ouimet Paradis Poeti Reid Rotiroti Rousselle Sklavounos St-Amand St-Pierre Tanguay Thériault Vallée Vallières Vien Weil

Coalition Avenir Québec	Legault Bonnardel Caire Daneault Deltell Dubé Duchesneau Le Bouyonnec Lévesque Marcotte Martel Picard N. Roy Sylvie Roy Schneeberger Spénard St-Laurent D. Trudel

Québec solidaire	David Khadir

Independent	Ratthé

¹ Party leader Philippe Couillard is not currently a sitting MNA.

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Persondata
Name	Kelley, Geoffrey
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian politician
Date of birth	February 17, 1955
Place of birth	Montreal, Quebec
Date of death
Place of death

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