Marc Gold (born June 30, 1950) is Canadian law professor and politician who has served as Representative of the Government in the Senate since 2020. Gold has sat as the senator for Stadacona, Quebec since he was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2016. He was a member of the

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(ISG) caucus from 2016 to 2020 but now sits as an Independent. Prior to his appointment as a senator, Gold taught law and was appointed associate dean at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Early life and education

Gold is the son of

Alan B. Gold Alan Bernard Gold (July 21, 1917 – May 15, 2005) was the chief justice of the Quebec Superior Court from 1983 to 1992. Born in Montreal, Gold received a B.A. from Queen's University in 1938 and a bachelor's degree in civil law from th ...

, who was chief justice of

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. Gold is Jewish. He earned his undergraduate degree at McGill University in 1972, and an LL.B from the University of British Columbia in 1978 with top honours as the Gold Medalist. Recipient of the Viscount Bennett Scholarship by the Canadian Bar Association, he received his LL.M from the Harvard Law School in 1979. Gold is a member of the

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and of the Law Society of Ontario, and has completed mediation training at the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation.http://www.federationcja.org/media/mediaContent/Marc_Gold.pdf

Career

Gold was previously a law professor at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto for 12 years, ultimately serving as associate dean, and also provided training for federally-appointed judges in the area of constitutional law and the '' Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms''. More recently, he has been adjunct professor of law at McGill University. He has been involved in Jewish community life as chair of the Jewish Federations of Canada, a member of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency for Israel, and is a former chairperson of the

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. He served for ten years as the chair of ENSEMBLE pour le respect de la diversité (formerly the Tolerance Foundation), a not-for-profit organization that works with youth to build a more open and inclusive society. At the time of his appointment to the Senate he was a part-time member of the Parole Board of Canada. In the early 1990s he returned to Montreal to become vice-president of

Maxwell Cummings Maxwell Cummings, (April 19, 1898 – May 23, 2001) was a Canadian real estate builder and philanthropist. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of David and Beatrice Cummings, he came to Montreal with his family in 1911. His siblings i ...

and Sons, a family-owned private real estate and investment firm based in Montreal, a position he held for 23 years.

Political career

Gold's appointment was announced on November 2, 2016, by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He assumed office on November 25, 2016, and was sworn as a Senator on December 2, 2016. He was named Representative of the Government in the Senate on January 24, 2020.

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