Harvie Andre

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = Harvie Andre | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}} | image = Harvie Andre.png | caption = Official 1988 portrait | birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|07|27}} | birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|10|21|1940|07|27}} | education = University of Alberta, California Institute of Technology | alma_mater = University of Alberta | occupation = Engineer, businessman, politician, federal Cabinet minister, professor of chemical engineering | office = Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre | term_start = 1972 | term_end = 1993 | constituency = Calgary Centre | party = Progressive Conservative | order2 = | office2 = Government House Leader | term_start2 = 1990 | term_end2 = 1993 | prime_minister2 = [[Brian Mulroney]] | order3 = | office3 = Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion | term_start3 = 1989 | term_end3 = 1990 | prime_minister3 = [[Brian Mulroney]] | order4 = | office4 = Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs | term_start4 = 1986 | term_end4 = 1989 | prime_minister4 = [[Brian Mulroney]] | order5 = | office5 = Associate Minister of National Defence | term_start5 = 1985 | term_end5 = 1986 | prime_minister5 = [[Brian Mulroney]] | order6 = | office6 = Minister of Supply and Services | term_start6 = 1984 | term_end6 = 1985 | prime_minister6 = [[Brian Mulroney]] }} '''Harvie Andre''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (July 27, 1940 – October 21, 2012) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[engineer]], businessman, politician and [[Cabinet of Canada|federal Cabinet]] minister.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news1130.com/news/national/article/414316--former-progressive-conservative-mp-harvie-andre-dies-of-cancer|title=Former Progressive Conservative MP Harvie Andre dies of cancer|publisher=news1130.com|access-date=2012-10-22}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harvie-andre-feisty-mulroney-cabinet-minister-dies-at-72/article4629125/|title=Harvie Andre, feisty Mulroney cabinet minister, dies at 72|work=The Globe and Mail|date=October 22, 2012|access-date=2018-03-01}}</ref>

Born in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], Andre was educated at the [[University of Alberta]] (’62, PhD ’66) and pursued part of his postgraduate studies at the [[California Institute of Technology]] before becoming a professor of [[chemical engineering]] at the [[University of Calgary]] from 1966 to 1972. In the [[1972 Canadian federal election|1972 general election]] he won a [[Legislative seat|seat]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]], where he served as the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Calgary Centre]] for twenty-one years.

In opposition, Andre was a vocal opponent of [[Petro-Canada]] and the [[National Energy Program]]. He also served as the [[defence critic]].

He was appointed to the Cabinet after the [[1984 Canadian federal election|1984 election]] brought the [[Tory|Tories]] to power under [[Brian Mulroney]]. Andre served as [[Minister of Supply and Services (Canada)|Minister of Supply and Services]] until 1985 when he became [[Associate Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Associate Minister of National Defence]]. From 1986 to 1989, he was [[Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs]] and then [[Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion (Canada)|Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion]] until 1990. In addition, in 1987 Mulroney gave Andre responsibility for Canada Post Corporation.

For the last three years of the Mulroney government, Andre was [[Leader of the Government in the House of Commons|Government House Leader]]. He did not run for re-election in the [[1993 Canadian federal election|1993 federal election]], and returned to private life.

After leaving politics, Andre was involved in the business world, particularly the energy sector, as president of [[Cresvard Corporation]] since 1998, chief executive of Calgary-based [[Wenzel Downhole Tools]] and chairman of [[BowEnergy Resources]] since 2001. He served on numerous corporate [[board of directors|boards of directors]].

Andre was married, and had two daughters and one son.

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== External links == *{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=2462}} *[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/harvie-andre Canadian Encyclopedia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061929/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/harvie-andre/ |date=2016-03-04 }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060526064945/http://www.engineering.ualberta.ca/uofaengineer/article.cfm?article=42821&issue=40307 U of A Engineer Magazine Article]

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