# Pierre Cadieux

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Canadian politician and lawyer

The Honourable Pierre Cadieux PC 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 78) Hudson, Quebec, Canada Party Progressive Conservative Occupation Politician Lawyer

**Pierre H. Cadieux** [PC](/source/King's_Privy_Council_for_Canada) (born April 6, 1948) is a lawyer and former [Canadian](/source/Canadians) politician.

Born in [Hudson, Quebec](/source/Hudson%2C_Quebec), Cadieux was first elected to the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) as the [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada) [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) for [Vaudreuil](/source/Vaudreuil_(electoral_district)), [Quebec](/source/Quebec) in the [1984 federal election](/source/1984_Canadian_federal_election) that brought [Brian Mulroney](/source/Brian_Mulroney) to power.

In 1986, he was appointed to the [Canadian Cabinet](/source/Canadian_Cabinet) as [minister of Labour](/source/Minister_of_Labour_(Canada)), and in 1989, was moved in a [cabinet shuffle](/source/Cabinet_shuffle) to [minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development](/source/Minister_of_Indian_Affairs_and_Northern_Development_(Canada)). In that position, future [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Canada) [Kim Campbell](/source/Kim_Campbell) served under him as [minister of state](/source/Minister_of_state_(Canada)). In 1990, he was shuffled again to the position of [Solicitor-General of Canada](/source/Solicitor-General_of_Canada), and in 1991, he became Deputy Government [House Leader](/source/House_Leader) and [minister of State](/source/Minister_of_State_(Canada)) for Fitness and Amateur Sport and for Youth.

Cadieux left Cabinet when Mulroney retired as [prime minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Canada), and did not run in the [1993 federal election](/source/1993_Canadian_federal_election).

v t e 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

## External links

- [Pierre Cadieux – Parliament of Canada biography](https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=1187)

Parliament of Canada Preceded by Hal Herbert Member of Parliament for Vaudreuil 1984–1993 Succeeded by Nick Discepola Political offices Preceded by William Hunter McKnight Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development January 30, 1989 – February 22, 1990 Succeeded by Thomas Edward Siddon Preceded by Pierre Blais Solicitor General of Canada February 23, 1990 – April 20, 1991 Succeeded by Douglas Grinslade Lewis Preceded by Marcel Danis Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons April 21, 1991 – June 24, 1993 Succeeded by Alfonso Gagliano Preceded by Marcel Danis Progressive Conservative Party Deputy House Leader April 21, 1991 – June 24, 1993 Succeeded by Bill Matthews

v t e Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (1984–93) Brian Mulroney Harvie Andre Perrin Beatty André Bissonnette Pierre Blais Suzanne Blais-Grenier Benoît Bouchard Lucien Bouchard Pauline Browes Pierre Cadieux Kim Campbell Pat Carney Andrée Champagne Jean Charest Joe Clark Robert Coates Mary Collins Jean Corbeil Michel Côté David Crombie John Crosbie Marcel Danis Robert de Cotret Paul Dick Jake Epp John Fraser George Hees Ray Hnatyshyn Tom Hockin Otto Jelinek James Kelleher Roch La Salle Monique Landry Robert Layton Doug Lewis Gilles Loiselle Flora MacDonald Elmer MacKay Shirley Martin Marcel Masse Charles Mayer Don Mazankowski John McDermid Barbara McDougall Stewart McInnes Bill McKnight Walter McLean Thomas McMillan Gerald Merrithew Lowell Murray Jack Murta Erik Nielsen Frank Oberle Alan Redway Dufferin Roblin Tom Siddon Gerry St. Germain Sinclair Stevens Bernard Valcourt Monique Vézina Pierre H. Vincent Gerry Weiner Michael Wilson William Winegard John Wise

v t e Ministers of labour of Canada Labour (1900–96) Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux1 W. L. M. King Crothers Robertson Murdock J. H. King (acting) Elliott Manion (acting) Jones Heenan Robertson Gordon Rogers McLarty Mitchell Martin (acting) Gregg Starr MacEachen Nicholson Pépin Mackasey O'Connell Munro Ouellet (acting) O'Connell Alexander Regan Caccia Ouellet McKnight Cadieux Corbeil Danis Valcourt Axworthy Robillard Human resources development (1996–2005)2 Young Pettigrew Stewart Frulla Dryden Human resources and skills development (2005–13) Stronach Finley Solberg Finley Employment and social development (2013–15) Kenney Poilievre Families, children and social development (2015–present) Duclos Labour (1996–2015) Robillard Gagliano MacAulay Bradshaw Fontana3 Blackburn Ambrose Raitt Leitch Employment, workforce and labour (2015–2019) Mihychuk Hajdu Labour (2019–present) Tassi O'Regan MacKinnon 1Until 1909, the office of the minister of labour was a secondary function of the postmaster-general of Canada. W. L. M. King was the first to hold the office independently. 2The office of Minister of Employment and Immigration, and Minister of Labour were abolished and the office of Minister of Human Resources Development went in force on July 12, 1996. Under the new provisions, a minister of labour may be appointed. However, when no minister of labour is appointed, the minister of human resources development shall exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the minister of labour. 3Styled "Minister of Labour and Housing".

v t e Solicitors general of Canada Curran Tupper Fitzpatrick Carroll Lemieux Bureau Meighen Guthrie Fauteux McKenzie McMurray Cannon Fauteux Cannon Dupré Jean Lapointe Garson Campney Macdonald Balcer Browne MacNaught Pennell Turner McIlraith Goyer Allmand Fox Basford (acting) Blais Lawrence Kaplan MacKay Beatty Kelleher Beatty (acting) Blais Cadieux Lewis Gray Scott MacAulay Easter1 1The office of Solicitor General was abolished and the office of Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness was in force April 4, 2005.

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