|
| Affiliation | Conservative |
|
| Name | Michael M. Fortier |
| Address |
, Québec , Canada |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
January 10, 1962
(63 years)
|
| Contributor | 411 Name Removed |
| Last Modifed | Wishful Thinking
Oct 05, 2008 12:29am |
| Tags |
|
| Info | The Honourable Michael Fortier, PC is the Canadian Minister of Public Works and Government Services.
Fortier was appointed on 6 February 2006, the day the Harper government took office. A financier and lawyer from Montreal, Canada, he had neither run nor been elected as a member of parliament at the time he was appointed, nor was he a member of the Canadian Senate. His appointment nonetheless as a Montreal-area minister to Cabinet, Canada's federal executive branch, was therefore unusual.
He was President of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada for a time in the 1990s. He ran for the leadership of the party in 1998 but came in last with 4% of the vote. Fortier was a Progressive Conservative candidate in the Montreal riding of Laval West during the 2000 federal election placing fourth. In 2003, he was co-chair of Stephen Harper's campaign to lead the new Conservative Party of Canada. See Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, 2004.
Fortier and veteran MP John Reynolds were the co-chairs of the 2006 National Campaign for the Conservative Party.
|
 | BOOKS |
 |
|
| Title |
Purchase |
Contributor |
|
| Start Date |
End Date |
Type |
Title |
Contributor |
|
| INFORMATION LINKS |
|
|
|
