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John Godfrey was born on 19 December, 1942 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian politician (1942–2023). Discover John Godfrey's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

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Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 19 December 1942
Birthday 19 December
Birthplace Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of death 18 December, 2023
Died Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canada

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1912

His father, Senator John Morrow Godfrey (June 28, 1912 – March 8, 2001), was a Canadian pilot, lawyer and politician.

1942

John Ferguson Godfrey (December 19, 1942 – December 18, 2023) was a Canadian educator, journalist and politician who served as a member of Parliament from 1993 to 2008.

Godfrey was born in Toronto, Ontario on December 19, 1942.

1960

John Godfrey graduated from Upper Canada College in 1960.

1961

In 1961, he attended the Neuchâtel Junior College in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

1965

In 1965, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity College, University of Toronto and in 1967, he received a Master of Philosophy from Balliol College, Oxford and Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) from St Antony's College, Oxford in 1975.

He worked as an economist, historian and journalist.

1970

In the mid-1970s Godfrey was a history professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

1977

He served as president of the University of King's College from 1977 to 1987.

1987

From 1987 to 1991 he was editor of the Financial Post.

Godfrey died at his home in Toronto on December 18, 2023, one day before his 81st birthday.

1993

Godfrey was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Liberal member of Parliament for the Toronto area riding of Don Valley West in the 1993 election, and was re-elected in each subsequent vote until his retirement from federal politics in 2008.

1995

During the 1995 Quebec referendum, Godfrey had an acquaintance perform a psychiatric evaluation of separatist leader Lucien Bouchard.

1996

In 1996, he and fellow Liberal MP Peter Milliken introduced the Godfrey–Milliken Bill a parody of the American Helms–Burton Act.

The gesture received extensive media coverage including in the United States, where Godfrey was featured on the CBS program 60 Minutes.

From 1996 to 2004, Godfrey served as a parliamentary secretary under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.

2003

In 2003, Paul Martin succeeded Chrétien as Liberal leader and prime minister.

2004

Following the subsequent 2004 election, Godfrey, among other key Martin allies, was appointed to the Cabinet in the role of Minister of State for Infrastructure and Communities.

In this role, he was primarily responsible for overseeing the "New Deal for Cities", Federation of Canadian Municipalities relationship, and other initiatives in Canadian federal-municipal relations.

This role was considered a keystone of Martin's industrial strategy.

2006

On February 3, 2006, CBC Newsworld's Don Newman announced on air that Godfrey was planning a run for the Liberal Party leadership.

Godfrey declared his candidacy on Goldhawk Live on March 19, shortly after the rules and convention date were set.

Media reaction was positive, but competed with coverage of Ashley MacIsaac, who declared his intention to run to the Halifax Daily News the next day.

In the early stages of the campaign he was recurrently cited as exemplar of intellectualism in the race, being one of three former university professors in the running.

Name-recognition remained a challenge, but Godfrey received plaudits in the Canadian blogosphere for his performance in the first all-candidates meeting at the Liberal Party of Alberta convention on April 8.

On April 12, 2006, Godfrey announced his withdrawal from the race, due to concerns about his health.

On October 20, 2006, Godfrey announced his support for Bob Rae for the federal Liberal leadership.

He made the announcement at the National Press Club, on the occasion of a speech by Rae on the environment.

2008

Godfrey announced in November 2007 his intention to resign his parliamentary seat on July 1, 2008 and would leave earlier if an election were called before that date.

He later delayed his resignation date until August 1.

The Conservative Party alleged that the Liberals chose to delay the by-election for financial reasons though Godfrey's office stated that the delay was due to a private members bill Godfrey had worked on not being given Royal Assent until June 26.

On June 17, in a point of order following Question Period, Godfrey gave his resignation speech to the House of Commons.

John Godfrey left politics to become Headmaster of the Toronto French School, an independent school in the Lawrence Park area with two campuses in Toronto.

He held the position from 2008 until resigning in June 2014.

2015

The Government of Ontario appointed John Godfrey Special Advisor for Climate Change and Chair of the Government's Climate Action Group in March 2015, positions he held until June 2018.