Jerome Kennedy is the oldest of nine children of Patrick and Flora Kennedy of Carbonear. He graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1981 with a B.A.(Hons.), followed by graduation from the University of New Brunswick Law School in 1984 with an LL.B. He was admitted to the Newfoundland Bar in 1985.

Mr. Kennedy was a criminal lawyer in St. John’s for 20 years and was counsel at the Lamer Inquiry into wrongful convictions in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Mr. Kennedy was elected as an MHA for the District of Carbonear-Harbour Grace in October 2007 and was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General. He became Minister of Finance and the President of Treasury Board on October 31, 2008. He is also the Minister responsible for the Public Service Secretariat and the Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Mr. Kennedy lives in St. John's with his wife Rachel and their two children, Julia and Michael.

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