Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. Boniface
In office 8 June 1953 – 13 May 1959
Preceded by
Edwin Hansford
Succeeded by
Laurent Desjardins
Personal details
Born
Jean-Baptiste Roger Joseph Camille Teillet
(1912-08-21)21 August 1912 St. Vital, Manitoba, Canada
Died
1 May 2002(2002-05-01) (aged 89) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political party
Liberal
Other political affiliations
Liberal-Progressive
Spouse
Jeanne Boux
(m. 1940; died 2000)
Relations
Louis Riel (great uncle)
Children
2
Alma mater
Université de Saint-Boniface
Profession
Business Manager
Insurance Agent
Businessman
Jean-Baptiste Roger Joseph Camille TeilletPC (21 August 1912 – 1 May 2002) was a Canadian politician, becoming the first self-identifying Métis member of the Canadian Cabinet in 1963.[1]
He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1953 to 1959, and in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal from 1962 to 1968. Teillet was a cabinet minister in the government of Lester B. Pearson, and retained that post after Pearson stepped down and Pierre Elliott Trudeau became the new Liberal leader.[1]
^ abRoger Teillet – Parliament of Canada biography
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