1. Anne McLellan was a cabinet minister in the Liberal governments of Jean Chretien and Paul Martin, and represented Edmonton in the House of Commons of Canada.
21 Facts About Anne McLellan
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Anne McLellan held the positions of solicitor general, minister of health, and Attorney General and minister of justice of Canada.
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Anne McLellan then earned a Master of Laws from King's College London in the United Kingdom in 1975.
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Anne McLellan became a professor of law, first at the University of New Brunswick and then, beginning in 1980, at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law where she served at various times as associate dean and dean.
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Anne McLellan has served on the board of directors of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
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Anne McLellan quickly became a rising star in the Liberal Party, being one of four Liberals elected in Alberta, and was named to cabinet as Minister of Natural Resources.
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Anne McLellan has the prenominal "the Honourable" and the postnominal "PC" for life by virtue of being made a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on November 4,1993.
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Anne McLellan was re-elected by narrow margins in the re-established riding of Edmonton West in 1997 and 2000, despite the Liberals' general unpopularity in Alberta.
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Anne McLellan served as Attorney General and Minister of Justice from 1997 until 2002, with responsibility for implementing new anti-terror and security laws following the September 11 attacks in the United States, and the implementation of the Canadian gun registry.
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Anne McLellan served as Minister of Health from 2002 to 2003.
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Anne McLellan was named minister for the newly created Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
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Anne McLellan's appointment was one of a number of women given senior positions in the Paul Martin government.
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Anne McLellan is one of the few Canadian parliamentarians to have spent her entire career as a cabinet member.
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On May 12,2006, Anne McLellan was appointed Distinguished Scholar in Residence to the University of Alberta at the Canadian university's Institute for United States Policy Studies.
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Anne McLellan became a director on the boards of Nexen Inc.
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On July 1,2009, Anne McLellan was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada for her service as a politician and law professor, and for her contributions as a community volunteer.
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In 2016, Anne McLellan was controversially appointed as the chair of the Task Force on Marijuana Legalization and Regulation, created to provide recommendations on the design of a new system to legalize, strictly regulate and restrict recreational use of marijuana, despite her position within Bennett Jones.
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On March 18,2019, in the context of the SNC-Lavalin affair Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, announced that Anne McLellan would serve as a special advisor on whether a single minister should continue to hold the positions of Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.
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Anne McLellan was asked to analyze the operating policies and practices across the Cabinet, and the role of public servants and political staff in their interactions with the minister of justice and attorney general of Canada.
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Anne McLellan was asked to provide independent recommendations to the Prime Minister by June 30,2019.
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The Office said Anne McLellan would assist the prime minister as he formed a government against the backdrop of a growing sentiment of western alienation.