Happy 90th, Jean Chrétien

The Little Guy from Shawinigan will be turning 90 years old on Jan. 11. He becomes only the fifth prime minister to enter his 90s after Sir Mackenzie Bowell, Sir Charles Tupper, Louis St.-Laurent, and more recently, John Napier Turner.

Former prime minister Jean Chrétien, right, and Bruce Hartley at the Liberal policy convention in Ottawa on May 5, 2023.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY ARTHUR MILNES

January 2, 2024

KINGSTON, ONT.–While he has long been a member of Canada’s most exclusive club along with the 22 other Canadians who have become prime minister, Jean Chrétien will become part of the rarest subsections of that fraternity on Jan. 11.

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