# Pierre H. Vincent

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Canadian politician

The Honourable Pierre H. Vincent PC Minister of the Environment In office June 25, 1993 – November 3, 1993 Governor General Roméo LeBlanc Prime Minister Kim Campbell Preceded by Jean Charest Succeeded by Sheila Copps Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs In office January 4, 1993 – June 24, 1993 Governor General Roméo LeBlanc Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Preceded by Pierre Blais Succeeded by Jean Charest as Minister of Industry Member of Parliament for Trois-Rivières In office September 4, 1984 – October 24, 1993 Preceded by Claude Lajoie Succeeded by Yves Rocheleau Personal details Born (1955-04-02) April 2, 1955 (age 71) Trois-Rivières, Quebec Party Progressive Conservative

**Pierre H. Vincent**, [PC](/source/King's_Privy_Council_for_Canada) (born April 2, 1955 in [Trois-Rivières, Quebec](/source/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res%2C_Quebec)) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) tax lawyer and former politician.

## Member of Parliament

Vincent was first elected to the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) in the [1984 electoral landslide](/source/1984_Canadian_federal_election) that brought [Brian Mulroney](/source/Brian_Mulroney) and the [Progressive Conservative Party](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada) to power. Vincent, the PC [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) for [Trois-Rivières](/source/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res_(federal_electoral_district)) served as [Parliamentary Secretary](/source/Parliamentary_Secretary) to the [Minister of National Revenue](/source/Minister_of_National_Revenue_(Canada)) from 1984 until 1985; Parliamentary Secretary to the [Minister of Finance](/source/Minister_of_Finance_(Canada)) from 1985 to 1993, and was also Parliamentary Secretary to the [Deputy Prime Minister of Canada](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Canada) from 1991 to 1993.

## Cabinet member

In January 1993, Vincent was elevated to [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Canada) Mulroney's [Cabinet](/source/Canadian_Cabinet) as [Minister of State](/source/Minister_of_State_(Canada)) for Indian Affairs and Northern Development and [Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs](/source/Minister_of_Consumer_and_Corporate_Affairs_(Canada)). When [Kim Campbell](/source/Kim_Campbell) succeeded Mulroney as PC leader and prime minister, she promoted Vincent to [Minister of the Environment](/source/Minister_of_the_Environment_(Canada)).

He was sworn of the [Privy Council](/source/Privy_Council) on January 5, 1993.[1]

Both Vincent and the Campbell government were defeated in the [1993 federal election](/source/1993_Canadian_federal_election) and Vincent returned to private life.

## Return in politics

Both Vincent and former colleague [Suzanne Duplessis](/source/Suzanne_Duplessis) managed the [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Canada) campaign in Quebec in the [2008 federal election](/source/2008_Canadian_federal_election).[2]

## Footnotes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada - Information Resources - Privy Council Office"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110606054008/http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/index.asp?lang=eng&page=information&sub=council-conseil&doc=members-membres/hist/1971-2000-eng.htm). *www.pco-bcp.gc.ca*. Archived from [the original](http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/index.asp?lang=eng&page=information&sub=council-conseil&doc=members-membres/hist/1971-2000-eng.htm) on 2011-06-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Harper recrute des nationalistes, Joël-Denis Bellavance, La Presse, September 4, 2008](http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080904/CPACTUALITES/80903297/6488/CPACTUALITES)

## External links

- [Pierre H. Vincent – Parliament of Canada biography](https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=15730)

Parliament of Canada Preceded by Claude Lajoie (Liberal) Member of Parliament for Trois-Rivières 1984–1993 Succeeded by Yves Rocheleau (BQ) 25th Canadian Ministry (1993) – Cabinet of Kim Campbell Cabinet post (1) Predecessor Office Successor Jean Charest Minister of the Environment 1993 Sheila Copps 24th Canadian Ministry (1984–1993) – Cabinet of Brian Mulroney Cabinet post (1) Predecessor Office Successor Pierre Blais Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs 1993 Jean Charest

v t e Cabinet of Prime Minister Kim Campbell (1993) Kim Campbell Perrin Beatty Pierre Blais Pauline Browes Jean Charest Mary Collins Jean Corbeil Paul Dick Jim Edwards Tom Hockin Monique Landry Doug Lewis Gilles Loiselle Peter McCreath Charles Mayer Lowell Murray Rob Nicholson Ross Reid Larry Schneider Tom Siddon Bobbie Sparrow Garth Turner Bernard Valcourt Pierre H. Vincent Gerry Weiner

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 the environment of Canada Environment (1971–1976)1 Davis Sauvé LeBlanc (acting) J. Marchand LeBlanc (acting) Fisheries and the environment (1976–1979) LeBlanc State (environment) (1977–1979) L. Marchand Environment (1979–2015) L. Marchand Fraser Roberts Caccia Blais-Grenier McMillan Bouchard Oberle (acting) de Cotret Charest Vincent Copps Marchi Stewart Anderson Dion Ambrose Baird Prentice Baird Kent Aglukkaq Environment and climate change (2015–2025) McKenna Wilkinson Guilbeault Duguid Dabrusin Environment, climate change and nature (2025–present) Dabrusin 1From 1971 to 1976 the minister of the environment was also the minister of fisheries.

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