THE POLITICAL POWER

• 17 September 1984 - 13 June 1993

BORN

• 20 March 1939, Baie-Comeau, Quebec

EDUCATION

• St. Francis Xavier University (B.A.)
• Laval University (LL. B.)

PERSONAL STATUS

• Married 1973, Mila Pivnicki (b. 1953)
• One daughter, three sons

OCCUPATION

• Lawyer (called to the Quebec Bar in 1965)
• 1974 - 1975 Member, Cliche Commission
• 1976 Appointed Vice-President, Iron Ore Company
• 1977 - 1983 President, Iron Ore Company Currently practises law

PARTY

• Progressive Conservative
• 1983 - 1993 Party Leader

CONSTITUENCIES

• 1983 - 1984 Central Nova, Nova Scotia
• 1984 - 1988 Manicouagan, Quebec
• 1988 - 1993 Charlevoix, Quebec

OTHER MINISTRIES

• None

POLITICAL RECORD

• Constitutional Accord (Meech Lake) 1987
• Canadian Multiculturalism Act 1988
• Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement 1988
• Canada's Green Plan for a Healthy Environment 1990
• Canadian participation in the Gulf War 1991
• Goods and Services Tax 1991
• North American Free Trade Agreement 1992
• Criminal Code Amendments (Firearms Control) 1991
• Constitutional Accord (Charlottetown Agreement) 1992