Jon Gerrard
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The Honourable Jon Gerrard PC MLA |
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| Leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party | |
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In office October 18, 1998 – October 26, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ginny Hasselfield |
| Succeeded by | Rana Bokhari |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba | |
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Assumed office September 21, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Radcliffe |
| Constituency | River Heights |
| Member of the House of Commons of Canada | |
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In office October 25, 1993 – June 2, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Felix Holtmann |
| Constituency | Portage—Interlake |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 13, 1947 Birmingham, England |
| Political party |
Manitoba Liberal Party Liberal Party of Canada |
| Alma mater |
University of Saskatchewan McGill University University of Minnesota |
Jon Gerrard, PC MLA (born October 13, 1947) is a politician and medical doctor in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1993 to 1997, and was a secretary of state in the government of Jean Chrétien. He was the leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party from 1998 until 2013, and the member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly for River Heights since 1999.
Gerrard was born in Birmingham, England, and grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Saskatchewan (1967), a Doctor of Medicine degree from McGill University (1971), a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota (1976), and a Certificate in Pediatrics from the American Academy of Pediatrics (1976). He worked at several prominent American institutions in the 1970s, and returned to Canada in 1980 to accept a position as pediatrician at the Winnipeg Children's Hospital. Gerrard served as head of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at this hospital from 1985 to 1992, and taught at the University of Manitoba from 1980 to 1993. He has authored or co-authored over 200 scientific publications, and became known during the 1980s as an expert on the research and treatment of children's cancer. Gerrard has also been interested in bald eagles since his teenaged years, and co-authored a book entitled The Bald Eagle: Haunts and Habits of a Wilderness Monarch in 1988.
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