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After receiving his law degree from Osgoode Hall in Toronto, Jerome began his law practice in Sudbury, Ontario. In 1966, he won a seat on Sudbury's city council and, the next year, attempted to win election to the Canadian House of Commons in a by-election but was defeated. He took the seat in the 1968 Canadian election, however, and became the Liberal MP for the Sudbury riding.

After the 1972 Canadian election, Jerome became Chairman of the Standing Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. Since there was a minority governmentFor minority regime see Apartheid. A minority government or a minority cabinet is a cabinet of a parliamentary system which does not represent a majority in the parliament or in bicameral parliaments, in that chamber whose confidence is considered most cr in place the opposition had a majority of members on the Committee and Jerome had to remain impartial and balance the wishes of all parties in order to win approval for legislation.

His success in this role led Prime MinisterThe Prime Minister of Canada the head of the Canadian government, is usually the leader of the political party with the most seats in the Canadian House of Commons. The Prime Minister has the right to the style of Right Honourable''. The current prime min Pierre TrudeauJoseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau ( October 18, 1919— September 28, 2000) was the fifteenth Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968, to June 3, 1979, and from March 3, 1980, to June 30, 1984. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Pierre Trudeau was a f to appoint Jerome as Speaker of the House of Commons following the 1974 Canadian election.

In the 1979 Canadian election, Jerome considered following the precedent set by his predecessor, Lucien LamoureuxLucien Lamoureux ( August 3 1920 July 16 1998) was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1966 to 1974. After graduating with a law degree from Osgoode Hall in 1945, Lamoureux went to work as a political aide to Lionel Che and running as an independent as is the custom of the Speaker of the British House of CommonsIn the British House of Commons the Speaker of the House of Commons controls the day to day running of the house. It is he (or she) that decides who may speak and has the powers to discipline members who break the procedures of the house. Election The Spe. He decided to run as a Liberal, however, and was re-elected. The Progressive Conservatives formed a minority governmentFor minority regime see Apartheid. A minority government or a minority cabinet is a cabinet of a parliamentary system which does not represent a majority in the parliament or in bicameral parliaments, in that chamber whose confidence is considered most cr. Despite the change in government they decided to keep Jerome as Speaker, the first time a member of an opposition party was chosen to preside over the Canadian House of Commons.

After the Clark government was defeated in a Motion of No Confidence in December 1979, Jerome decided not to run in the ensuing general election. In January 1980, Clark appointed him Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court in Ottawa. Jerome remained in this position until his retirement in 1998.