Marc Gold (born June 30, 1950) is a Canadian law professor and politician who has served as

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since 2020. Gold has sat as the senator for Stadacona,

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since he was appointed on the advice of

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in 2016. He was a member of the

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(ISG) caucus from 2016 to 2020 but now sits as an

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. Prior to his appointment as a senator, Gold taught law and was appointed associate dean at

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Early life and education

Gold is the son of Alan B. Gold, who was chief justice of

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. Gold is Jewish. He earned his undergraduate degree at

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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 Barreau du Québec and of the

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, and has completed mediation training at the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation.

Career

Gold was previously a law professor at

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 ''

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''. More recently, he has been adjunct professor of law at

. 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

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, and is a former chairperson of the Canada-Israel Committee. 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

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. In the early 1990s he returned to Montreal to become vice-president of Maxwell Cummings 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

. He assumed office on November 25, 2016, and was sworn as a Senator on December 2, 2016. He was named

on January 24, 2020.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gold, Marc 1950 births Anglophone Quebec people Jewish Canadian politicians Canadian legal scholars Canadian senators from Quebec Canadian Zionists Harvard Law School alumni Lawyers from Montreal Living people Academic staff of McGill University Academic staff of the Osgoode Hall Law School Politicians from Montreal Independent Senators Group Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada 21st-century members of the Senate of Canada