Jean Corbeil
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Honourable Jean Corbeil PC |
|
---|---|
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies |
|
In office 1988–1993 |
|
Preceded by | District was created in 1987 |
Succeeded by | Roger Pomerleau |
Personal details | |
Born | Montreal, Quebec |
January 7, 1934
Died | June 25, 2002 | (aged 68)
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Cabinet | Minister of Labour (1989-1991) Minister of Transport (1991-1993) |
Jean Corbeil, PC (January 7, 1934 – June 25, 2002) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was mayor of the city of Anjou from 1973 to 1988. In 1987-1988 he served a term as chairman of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. In the 1988 federal election, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative in the riding of Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies.
He served in the Cabinets of Prime Ministers Brian Mulroney and Kim Campbell as Minister of Labour from 1989 to 1991, Minister of State (Transport) from 1990 to 1991, and Minister of Transport from 1991 to 1993. He was defeated in the 1993 and 1997 elections.
Electoral record (partial)[edit]
Canadian federal election, 1993: Honoré-Mercier | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Roger Pomerleau | 26,163 | 43.10 | $31,453 | ||||
Liberal | Normand Biron | 25,631 | 42.22 | +9.51 | $40,059 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Jean Corbeil | 7,066 | 11.64 | −39.90 | $53,776 | |||
New Democratic | Zamba Mandala | 958 | 1.58 | −10.98 | $1,781 | |||
Natural Law | Gilles Raymond | 747 | 1.23 | $2,220 | ||||
Commonwealth of Canada | Frantz-Albert Mitton | 139 | 0.23 | $0 | ||||
Total valid votes | 60,704 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 2,053 | |||||||
Turnout | 62,757 | 78.90 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 79,535 | |||||||
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from the official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada. |
Canadian federal election, 1988: Honoré-Mercier | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Progressive Conservative | Jean Corbeil | 27,451 | 51.54 | $43,927 | ||||
Liberal | Vincent Arciresi | 17,421 | 32.71 | – | $39,082 | |||
New Democratic | Vincent Marchione | 6,687 | 12.56 | $11,055 | ||||
Green | Mario Paul | 1,217 | 2.29 | $0 | ||||
N/A (Marxist-Leninist) | Catherine Commandeur | 483 | 0.91 | $130 | ||||
Total valid votes | 53,259 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,338 | |||||||
Turnout | 54,597 | 74.02 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 73,763 | |||||||
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-fourth General Election, 1988. |
References[edit]
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2002 deaths
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
- Canadian Ministers of Transport
- Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
- Mayors of places in Quebec
- Members of the 24th Canadian Ministry
- 20th-century Canadian politicians
- Members of the 25th Canadian Ministry