Jerry Fontaine is an Anishinaabe politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was chief of the Sagkeeng First Nation from 1989 to 1998, led the First Peoples Party in the 1995 provincial election, and was an unsuccessful candidate to lead the Manitoba Liberal Party in 1998. He was the director of Indigenous Initiatives at Algoma University from 2004-2008.
Fontaine is the nephew of Assembly of First Nations leader Phil Fontaine.
Read more about Jerry Fontaine: Early Career, Sagkeeng Chief and FPP Leader, Liberal Leadership Campaign, Wing Construction, Since 1998, Table of Offices Held, Electoral Record
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