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Jim Gervais

Jim Gervais
Born (1938-03-05) March 5, 1938 (age 86)
Noranda, Quebec
Allegiance Canada
Service/branchCanadian Army/Canadian Forces
RankLieutenant General
CommandsCommander, Mobile Command
AwardsCommander 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

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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]

Arms

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Coat of arms of Jim Gervais
Notes
Granted 21 January 1993.[5]
Crest
A demi springbok Azure horned and gorged with a collar of twelve maple leaves (six visible) Or bearing between its forelegs the baton of office of the Deputy Herald Chancellor of the Canadian Heraldic Authority Proper.
Escutcheon
Azure a polar bear passant Argent between three maple leaves Or.
Supporters
On a grassy mound set with two blueberry bushes (Vaccinium canadense) flowered and fructed Proper rising above barry wavy Argent and Azure dexter a stallion sinister a mare both Argent queued crined unguled and gorged with a coronet fleury Or enhanced at the rim Azure and charged with shamrocks Or.
Motto
Loyauté Vaillance Intégrité

References

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  1. ^ Canadian Who's Who Search. Grey House Publishing Canada.
  2. ^ Royal Military College of Canada[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b c d e Northern Gold Biography
  4. ^ "Wahgoshig, DelShen to announce medicinal marijuana project". Northern Ontario Business. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  5. ^ "James Cyrille Gervais". Canadian Heraldic Authority. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
Military offices Preceded byKent Foster Commander, Mobile Command 1991–1993 Succeeded byGord Reay(as Chief of the Land Staff)
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