The Honourable A. Anne McLellan P.C. 55 is Counsel at Bennett Jones since June 27 2006 and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the University of Alberta in the Institute for United States Policy Studies since May 12 2006. Previously she served four terms as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Edmonton Centre between 1993 and 2006. Between December 2003 and January 2006 she served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. In previous administrations Ms. McLellan served as Minister of Health Minister of Justice and Attorney General Minister of Natural Resources and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians.

Prior to entering politics Ms. McLellan taught law at the University of New Brunswick and the University of Alberta serving as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta between 1985 and 1987 and Acting Dean from July 1991 to June 1992.

Ms. McLellan holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Dalhousie University and a Master of Laws degree from King’s College University of London. She was appointed to the Privy Council of the Government of Canada on November 4 1993.

Anne resides in Edmonton Alberta.