12 Facts About Victor Goldbloom

Victor Goldbloom was born in Montreal, the son of Jewish pediatrician Alton Goldbloom and Annie Ballon.

Victor Goldbloom studied at Selwyn House School and Lower Canada College.

Victor Goldbloom studied at McGill University receiving his BSc in 1944, his MD in 1945, his DipEd in 1950 and his DLitt in 1992.

Dr Goldbloom was assistant resident at the Babies' Hospital of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, in New York.

Victor Goldbloom was a professor of pediatrics and of medicine at McGill University from 1950 to 1970.

Victor Goldbloom was elected in 1966 as the MNA for the Montreal riding of D'Arcy-McGee.

Victor Goldbloom was in charge of the Olympic Installations Board for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Victor Goldbloom was the first member of the Jewish community to become a cabinet minister in the Quebec government.

Victor Goldbloom kept his seat in the 1976 provincial election that defeated the Liberal government and sat on the Opposition benches until he resigned his seat on October 16,1979 after Claude Ryan became Liberal leader.

In 2009, he expressed concerns on the state of Catholic-Jewish relations after the lifting of the excommunications of the bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X Goldbloom died of a heart attack at Montreal in February 2016.

Victor Goldbloom's brother Richard Goldbloom was a pediatrician, who worked in Halifax, Nova Scotia at Dalhousie University and at the Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children.

In June 2009, the Quebec Community Groups Network established the Sheila and Victor Goldbloom Distinguished Community Service Award in their honor.