Pierre Cadieux

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Pierre Cadieux
Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
In office
April 21, 1991 ? June 24, 1993
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
Leader Harvie Andre
Preceded by Marcel Danis
Succeeded by Alfonso Gagliano
Minister of State (Fitness and Amateur Sport)
In office
April 21, 1991 ? June 24, 1993
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
Preceded by Marcel Danis
Succeeded by Mary Collins (as minister of Amateur Sport )
Solicitor General of Canada
In office
February 23, 1990 ? April 20, 1991
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
Preceded by Pierre Blais
Succeeded by Doug Lewis
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
In office
January 30, 1989 ? February 22, 1990
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
Preceded by Bill McKnight
Succeeded by Tom Siddon
Minister of Labour
In office
June 30, 1986 ? January 30, 1989
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
Preceded by Bill McKnight
Succeeded by Jean Corbeil
Member of Parliament
for Vaudreuil
In office
November 5, 1984 ? September 8, 1993
Preceded by Hal Herbert
Succeeded by Nick Discepola
Personal details
Born
Pierre H. Cadieux

( 1948-04-06 ) April 6, 1948 (age 76)
Hudson , Quebec , Canada
Political party Progressive Conservative
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Lawyer

Pierre H. Cadieux PC (born April 6, 1948) is a lawyer and former Canadian politician.

Born in Hudson, Quebec , Cadieux was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Vaudreuil , Quebec in the 1984 federal election that brought Brian Mulroney to power.

In 1986, he was appointed to the Canadian Cabinet as minister of Labour , and in 1989, was moved in a cabinet shuffle to minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development . In that position, future Prime Minister Kim Campbell served under him as minister of state . In 1990, he was shuffled again to the position of Solicitor-General of Canada , and in 1991, he became Deputy Government House Leader and minister of State for Fitness and Amateur Sport and for Youth.

Cadieux left Cabinet when Mulroney retired as prime minister , and did not run in the 1993 federal election .

1988 Canadian federal election : Vaudreuil
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative Pierre Cadieux 30,392
Liberal Jean Blais 16,393
New Democratic Suzanne Aubertin 6,185
Green Yves-Marie Christin 912
Rhinoceros Maureen Decelles 671
Commonwealth of Canada Isajlovic Momcilo 43

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Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Vaudreuil
1984?1993
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
January 30, 1989 ? February 22, 1990
Succeeded by
Preceded by Solicitor General of Canada
February 23, 1990 ? April 20, 1991
Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
April 21, 1991 ? June 24, 1993
Succeeded by
Preceded by Progressive Conservative Party Deputy House Leader
April 21, 1991 ? June 24, 1993
Succeeded by