Francis Fox, Former Senator and Pierre Trudeau Cabinet Minister, Dies at 84

Senator Francis Fox (L) and Denis Coderre, MP for Bourassa speak at a press conference in Montreal, on Aug. 15, 2008. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

Francis Fox, a former senator and cabinet minister in Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s government, has died at 84.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says in a statement announcing the death that Fox was a lawyer who was first elected as a member of Parliament in Quebec in 1972.