{{Short description|Canadian businessman}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Pierre Boivin | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|CQ|size=100%}} | office = 21st Chancellor of McGill University | term_start = July 9, 2024 | term_end = | predecessor = John McCall MacBain | successor = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|10|28}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = President of the Montreal Canadiens (1999–2011) }}
'''Pierre Boivin''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|CQ}} (born October 28, 1953) is a Canadian businessman and was president of the Montreal Canadiens from September 2, 1999, through June 30, 2011, succeeding Ronald Corey. On July 9, 2024, he succeeded John McCall MacBain as chancellor of McGill University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/pierre-boivin-named-21st-chancellor-mcgill-university-355448|title = Pierre Boivin named 21st Chancellor of McGill University}}</ref>
==Business== At the age of 25, Boivin founded Norvinca Sports.<ref>The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.293, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, {{ISBN|978-0-385-66325-0}}</ref> It would become the largest sporting goods distributor in Canada. In later years, he would become the chief executive officer for Canstar Inc.<ref>The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.293, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, {{ISBN|978-0-385-66325-0}}</ref> The company owned the Cooper and Bauer sports equipment brands.
==Sports== Prior to the beginning of the 1999–2000 Montreal Canadiens season, Boivin was named as the new president of the Montreal Canadiens. One of his first key moves was during the 2000–01 Montreal Canadiens season, when he fired general manager Rejean Houle and head coach Alain Vigneault in November 2000.<ref>The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory, D’Arcy Jenish, p.293, Published in Canada by Doubleday, 2009, {{ISBN|978-0-385-66325-0}}</ref>
Boivin resigned as the president of the Montreal Canadiens on June 30, 2011, being succeeded by Geoff Molson, majority co-owner of the club. Boivin has remained with the organization as a member of the board of directors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/habs-president-boivin-to-step-down-in-2011-1.869916|title=Habs president Boivin to step down in 2011|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=17 October 2010|date=July 5, 2010}}</ref>
On February 12, 2019, Boivin was registered as a lobbyist in Quebec with the goal of negotiating the sale of the Peel Basin to private buyers on behalf of a Montreal-based group headed by Stephen Bronfman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2019/02/12/stade-de-baseball--le-bassin-peel-choisi|title = Stade de baseball : Le bassin Peel choisi?| date=February 12, 2019 }}</ref> The group's goal is to bring back an MLB team to the city of Montreal.
==Politics== Boivin starred in a public service announcement for the Canada 2006 Census. In 2009, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for the leadership he has demonstrated as an entrepreneur and administrator in the sports industry, and for the work he has done to help develop community and philanthropic activities".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13469|title=Governor General Announces 57 New Appointments to the Order of Canada|work=Office of the Secretary to the Governor General|accessdate=30 December 2009|date=December 30, 2009|archive-date=August 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827132612/http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=13469|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of Companion within the Order in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 December 2024 |title=A celebration of Canadian excellence: Governor General appoints 88 individuals to the Order of Canada |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2024/appointments-order-canada-december |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227151637/https://www.gg.ca/en/appointments-order-canada-december-2024 |archive-date=27 December 2024 |access-date=3 January 2025 |website=Governor General of Canada}}</ref>
==Personal life== Pierre is married to Lucie Nadeau and is the father of three children: Patrick, Catherine, and Richard. Boivin is a distant cousin of Patrick LaForge, the former president and CEO of the Edmonton Oilers.<ref>[http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=692008&navid=DL|EDM|home '03 Heritage Classic in Edmonton started boom]</ref> His son Patrick was president of the Montreal Alouettes.
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==External links== * [http://canadiens.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=NHLPage&bcid=eng_tea_redirect_hOD_1917 Montreal Canadiens – Official biography of Pierre Boivin]
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