Gilles Loiselle | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 25 June 1993 – 3 November 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Kim Campbell |
| Preceded by | Don Mazankowski |
| Succeeded by | Paul Martin |
| President of the Treasury Board | |
| In office 20 September 1990 – 24 June 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney |
| Preceded by | Robert de Cotret |
| Succeeded by | Jim Edwards |
| Member of Parliament forLangelier | |
| In office 21 November 1988 – 24 October 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Michel Côté |
| Succeeded by | Christiane Gagnon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1929-05-20)20 May 1929 Ville-Marie,Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 29 September 2022(2022-09-29) (aged 93) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse | [1] |
| Children | 2 |
| Occupation |
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Gilles LoisellePC OQ (20 May 1929 – 29 September 2022) was aCanadian politician.
Loiselle was born inVille-Marie, Quebec on 20 May 1929. He worked as the correspondent forCBC News inParis for a decade before being appointed the government ofQuebec'sagent-general in theUnited Kingdom in 1977.[2] He represented Quebec to the British government when the federal government of Canada was negotiating thePatriation of theConstitution of Canada from Britain in the 1980s.
After being elected to theHouse of Commons of Canada in the1988 federal election, Loiselle joined thecabinet ofBrian Mulroney. In 1990, he was elevated to the post ofPresident of the Treasury Board and, in 1993, he served asMinister of Finance in the short-lived government ofKim Campbell.
Loiselle, aProgressive Conservative, was defeated in the1993 election. The Tories were cut down to two seats, and Loiselle himself fell to third place in the vote count in his constituency.
He was named to the National Order of Quebec in 2011.[3]
He died in Montreal on 29 September 2022, aged 93.[4][5]
| 1988 Canadian federal election:Langelier | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gilles Loiselle | 24,555 | 46.65 | |||||
| Liberal | Marielle Guay-Migneault | 14,843 | 28.20 | |||||
| New Democratic | Pauline Gingras | 10,586 | 20.11 | |||||
| Green | Gilles Fontaine | 1,931 | 3.67 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | France Tremblay | 402 | 0.76 | |||||
| Independent | Alexandre Roy | 319 | 0.61 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 52,636 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,270 | |||||||
| Turnout | 53,906 | 72.54 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 74,312 | |||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Christiane Gagnon | 27,788 | 53.7 | |||||
| Liberal | Jean Pelletier | 13,965 | 27.0 | -1.2 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gilles Loiselle | 7,077 | 13.7 | -33.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | Majella Desmeules | 1,067 | 2.1 | -18.0 | ||||
| Natural Law | Danielle Charland | 883 | 1.7 | |||||
| Green | Richard Domm | 786 | 1.5 | -2.1 | ||||
| Abolitionist | Ernst Fernandez | 158 | 0.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 51,724 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 25th Ministry – Cabinet ofKim Campbell | ||
| Cabinet post (1) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Predecessor | Office | Successor |
| Don Mazankowski | Minister of Finance 1993 | Paul Martin |
| 24th Ministry – Cabinet ofBrian Mulroney | ||
| Cabinet post (1) | ||
| Predecessor | Office | Successor |
| Robert de Cotret | President of the Treasury Board 1990–1993 | Jim Edwards |
| Parliament of Canada | ||
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Langelier 1988-1993 | Succeeded by |
| International | |
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| National | |
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