Pierre Poilievre

Pierre Poilievre
Poilievre in an interview.
Poilievre in 2024
Leader of the Opposition
Assumed office
September 10, 2022
Monarch
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
DeputyMelissa Lantsman
Tim Uppal
Preceded byCandice Bergen
Leader of the Conservative Party
Assumed office
September 10, 2022
DeputyMelissa Lantsman
Tim Uppal
Preceded by
Candice Bergen (interim)
Minister of Employment and Social Development
In office
February 9, 2015 – November 4, 2015
Prime MinisterStephen Harper
Preceded byJason Kenney
Succeeded by
Jean-Yves Duclos (Families, Children and Social Development)
MaryAnn Mihychuk (Employment, Workforce Development and Labour)
Minister for Democratic Reform[a]
In office
July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015
Prime MinisterStephen Harper
Preceded byTim Uppal
Succeeded by
Maryam Monsef (Democratic Institutions)
2021–2022Finance
Feb–Nov 2021Jobs and Industry
2017–2021Finance
2016–2017Employment, Labour and Work Opportunity
2015–2016Treasury Board
2011–2013Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
2008–2011Prime Minister
2008–2011Intergovernmental Affairs
2006–2008Treasury Board
Member of Parliament
for Carleton
Nepean—Carleton (2004–2015)
Assumed office
June 28, 2004
Preceded byDavid Pratt
Personal details
Born
Pierre Marcel Poilievre

(1979-06-03) June 3, 1979 (age 45)[1]
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Political partyConservative (since 2003)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse
(m. 2017)
Children2
Residence(s)Greely, Ontario, Canada[2]
Alma materUniversity of Calgary (BA)
Website

Pierre Marcel Poilievre PC MP (/ˌpɔːliˈɛv/ PAW-lee-EV;[3][4] born June 3, 1979) is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the leader of the Official Opposition since 2022. He has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Carleton since 2004.

Poilievre was born in Calgary, Alberta. He studied at the University of Calgary, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations. He then worked for Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day. Poilievre was first elected to the House of Commons following the 2004 federal election; he at first represented the Ottawa-area riding of Nepean—Carleton and then represented the re-established riding of Carleton. After holding various parliamentary secretary posts from 2006 to 2013 under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Poilievre served as Harper's minister for democratic reform from 2013 to 2015 and as his minister of employment and social development in 2015. From 2017 to 2022, Poilievre served as the shadow minister for finance and briefly as the shadow minister for jobs and industry. He ran for leader of the Conservative Party in its 2022 leadership election, winning on the first ballot.


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  2. ^ "Search For Contributions". Elections Canada. Archived from the original on October 16, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
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  4. ^ Poilievre, Pierre (February 20, 2023). "Keep the heat on, take the tax off". YouTube. Archived from the original on November 1, 2023. Retrieved November 1, 2023.

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