Roger Teillet

Roger Teillet
Minister of Veterans Affairs
In office
22 April 1963 – 5 July 1968
Prime MinisterLester B. Pearson
Pierre Trudeau
Preceded byMarcel Lambert
Succeeded byJean-Eudes Dubé
Member of Parliament
for St. Boniface
In office
18 June 1962 – 24 June 1968
Preceded byLaurier Régnier
Succeeded byJoseph-Philippe Guay
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. Boniface
In office
8 June 1953 – 13 May 1959
Preceded byEdwin Hansford
Succeeded byLaurent Desjardins
Personal details
BornJean-Baptiste Roger Joseph Camille Teillet
(1912-08-21)21 August 1912
Died1 May 2002(2002-05-01) (aged 89)
PartyLiberal
Other political
affiliations
Liberal-Progressive
Spouse
Jeanne Boux
(m. 1940; died 2000)
RelationsLouis Riel (great uncle)
Children2
Alma materUniversité de Saint-Boniface
Profession
  • Business Manager
  • Insurance Agent
  • Businessman
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Jean-Baptiste Roger Joseph Camille Teillet PC (21 August 1912 – 1 May 2002) was a Canadian politician, becoming the first self-identifying Métis member of the Canadian Cabinet in 1963.

He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive from 1953 to 1959, and in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal from 1962 to 1968. Teillet was a cabinet minister in the government of Lester B. Pearson, and retained that post after Pearson stepped down and Pierre Elliott Trudeau became the new Liberal leader.