Jim Gervais

Jim Gervais
Born (1938-03-05) March 5, 1938
Noranda, Quebec
Allegiance  Canada
Service/branch Canadian Army/Canadian Forces
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held Commander, Mobile Command
Awards Commander of the Order of Military Merit
Canadian Forces Decoration

Lieutenant-General James Cyrille Gervais, CMM, CD (born March 5, 1938)[1] was the Commander, Mobile Command of the Canadian Forces.

Military career

Born at Rouyn-Noranda and educated at the University of Ottawa, Gervais graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1962.[2] He later attended the Royal Military College of Science in the United Kingdom.[3]

He was appointed Commander of 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group at Valcartier and then Chief of Personnel and Senior Appointments at National Defence Headquarters.[3] In 1991 he was appointed Commander, Mobile Command in which role he carried out a restructuring of the Land Forces.[3]

In retirement he became Deputy Secretary for Honours to the Governor-General of Canada.[3] In 2008 he became Chairman of Northern Gold Mining.[3] He is also part of a management team operating a proposed medical marijuana growing business near Kirkland Lake, Ontario.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Canadian Who's Who Search. Grey House Publishing Canada.
  2. ↑ Royal Military College of Canada
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Northern Gold Biography
  4. ↑ "Wahgoshig, DelShen to announce medicinal marijuana project". Northern Ontario Business. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Kent Foster		 Commander, Mobile Command
1991–1993		 Succeeded by
Gord Reay
(as Chief of the Land Staff)
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