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Of the current federal Jewish politicians, 6 are Liberals (6 MPs, 0 Senators), 3 are Conservatives (2 MPs, 1 Senators), 1 is a New Democrat (1 MP, 0 Senators) and two sit as Independent (2 Senators). Provincially, Jews have been elected to 9 of the 13 legislatures – with only New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories and ...
Sol Kanee OC (1909–2007), banker and Jewish community leader [citation needed] Alvin Libin OC (1931– ), investor and co-owner of Calgary Sports and Entertainment [citation needed] Lazarus Phillips OBE (1895 –1986), director of the Royal Bank of Canada and senator [177] Louis Rasminsky CC (1908–1998), Governor of Bank of Canada [178]
Jewish mayors of places in Canada (29 P) Pages in category "Jewish Canadian politicians" The following 163 pages are in this category, out of 163 total.
Stolperstein for Rudi Terhoch in Velen-Ramsdorf, a Jewish survivor in Canada. About 17,000 Jewish Canadians served in the Canadian Armed Forces during World War II. [45] Major Ben Dunkelman of the Queen's Own Rifles regiment was a soldier in the campaigns of 1944–45 in northwest Europe, highly decorated for his courage and ability under fire.
The Canadian Jewish Congress (French: Congrès juif canadien, Yiddish: קאַנאַדער ײִדישער קאָנגרעס, Hebrew: הקונגרס היהודי הקנדי) was, for more than ninety years, the main advocacy group for the Jewish community in Canada.
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Earliest elected woman in Canada (first woman in Canada elected at the federal, provincial or municipal level): Hannah Gale, Alderman in Calgary, 1917. [2] (This was the first city election in Canada where a proportional representation electoral system (Single transferable voting) was used.) First woman elected to a legislature in Canada:
This is a list of politicians of Jewish origin divided between their respective countries and those serving as heads of state and government. Jewish politicians by country [ edit ]