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  Fortier, Michael M.
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AffiliationConservative   
NameMichael M. Fortier
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, Québec , Canada
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Born January 10, 1962
Died Still Living (62 years)
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Last ModifedWishful Thinking
Oct 05, 2008 12:29am
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InfoThe 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.


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Sep 08, 2008 01:00pm News Fortier resigns from Senate to run for Tories  Article Monsieur 
Feb 07, 2006 09:00pm News New minister Fortier 'didn't want to run in the election'  Article Monsieur 

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RACES
  10/14/2008 QC Parliament - Vaudreuil—Soulanges Lost 23.82% (-17.43%)
  06/25/2008 CAN Minister of International Trade Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  02/27/2006 QC Senate - Rougement Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  02/06/2006 CAN Minister of Public Works & Government Services Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/27/2000 QC Parliament - Laval West Lost 5.84% (-45.47%)
  11/14/1998 Progressive Conservative Party Leader Lost 3.02% (-54.30%)
ENDORSEMENTS
Conservative Party of Canada - Leadership Race - Mar 20, 2004 CPC Stephen Harper
Progressive Conservative Party Leader - Nov 14, 1998 IND Joe Clark
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