Gilles Loiselle

Gilles Loiselle, PC (born May 20, 1929 in Ville-Marie, Quebec) is a Canadian retired politician.

Loiselle was the correspondent for CBC News in Paris for a decade before being appointed the government of Quebec's agent-general in the United Kingdom in 1977.[1] He represented Quebec to the British government when the federal government of Canada was negotiating the Patriation of the Constitution of Canada from Britain in the 1980s.

Elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1988 federal election, Loiselle immediately joined the cabinet of Brian Mulroney due to his experience as a diplomat and senior civil servant. In 1990, he was elevated to the post of President of the Treasury Board and, in 1993, he served as Minister of Finance in the short-lived government of Kim Campbell.

Loiselle, a Progressive Conservative, was defeated in the 1993 election. The Tories were cut down to two seats, and Loiselle himself was held to third place.

Electoral record

1988 Canadian federal election: Langelier
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
	N/A (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

References

1. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19771129&id=24IuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nKEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=926,3627602&hl=en

External links

• Gilles Loiselle – Parliament of Canada biography

25th Ministry – Cabinet of Kim Campbell
Cabinet post (1)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Don Mazankowski	Minister of Finance 1993	Paul Martin
24th Ministry – Cabinet of Brian Mulroney
Cabinet post (1)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Robert de Cotret	President of the Treasury Board 1990–1993	Jim Edwards
Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Michel Côté, Progressive Conservative	Member of Parliament for Langelier 1988-1993	Succeeded by Christiane Gagnon, B.Q.