A Member of Parliament from 1972 to 1984, the Honourable Francis Fox also held numerous ministerial portfolios. He served as Solicitor General of Canada, then Minister of Communications, and then Minister for International Trade.

Fox was appointed to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1976 when he became Solicitor General of Canada. The flawlessly bilingual and attractive Fox was seen as an up-and-comer in the Liberal cabinet, and even a potential party leader. However, he was forced to resign on January 27, 1978, when it became known that he had forged the signature of his girlfriend's husband on a form granting permission for her to have an abortion. (At the time, the husband's consent was needed for the procedure.)

From 2003 to 2004, Francis Fox was Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada. A graduate of the University of Montreal, Harvard Law School and Oxford University, he began his career in the mid-1960s as a Special Assistant in the Prime Minister’s Office. After having served in that capacity for six years and then for twelve years in the House of Commons, Francis Fox practiced law with the firm of Fasken Martineau from 1985 to 1997. Through the 1990s and until 2003, he held positions in the senior management of Rogers, a telecommunications company. Since the fall of 2004, Francis Fox has been working as a partner with the law firm of Fasken Martineau Du Moulin. He is also involved in the cultural and sports communities and recently became a member of the Board of Directors of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and of Tennis Canada. He is the father of three children, and currently resides in Montreal with his wife, Viviane Case Fox. Francis Fox will be sitting in the Senate as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.