James Francis Kelleher (October 2, 1930 – June 2, 2013) was a Canadian politician and retired senator. Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, he received a B.A. degree in 1952 from Queen's University and an LL.B. degree in 1956 from Osgoode Hall Law School. Kelleher was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1984 election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He was appointed minister of international trade in the first cabinet of prime minister Brian Mulroney. In 1986, he became solicitor general as the result of a cabinet shuffle, and remained so until his defeat in the 1988 election. On September 23, 1990, Kelleher was appointed to the Senate of Canada on Mulroney's recommendation. He retired from the upper house upon his seventy-fifth birthday, October 2, 2005, due to the Senate's mandatory retirement rules. He died of heart problems in 2013. Archives There is a James Kelleher fonds at Library and Archives Canada. References External links 1930 births 2013 deaths Lawyers in Ontario Canadian senators from Ontario Conservative Party of Canada senators Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Progressive Conservative Party of Canada senators People from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Queen's University at Kingston alumni Osgoode Hall Law School alumni Solicitors General of Canada Members of the 24th Canadian Ministry Canadian King's Counsel 21st-century Canadian politicians