Pierre Poilievre | |
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.jpg) Poilievre in 2024 | |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| Assumed office September 10, 2022 | |
| Monarch | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Deputy | Melissa Lantsman Tim Uppal |
| Preceded by | Candice Bergen |
| Leader of the Conservative Party | |
| Assumed office September 10, 2022 | |
| Deputy | Melissa Lantsman Tim Uppal |
| Preceded by | Candice Bergen (interim) |
| Minister of Employment and Social Development | |
| In office February 9, 2015 – November 4, 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Jason 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 Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Tim Uppal |
| Succeeded by | Maryam Monsef (Democratic Institutions) |
| Member of Parliament for Carleton Nepean—Carleton (2004–2015) | |
| Assumed office June 28, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | David Pratt |
| Shadow Minister | |
| 2021–2022 | Finance |
| 2021 | Jobs and Industry |
| 2017–2021 | Finance |
| 2016–2017 | Employment, Labour and Work Opportunity |
| 2015–2016 | Treasury Board |
| Parliamentary Secretary | |
| 2011–2013 | Transport, Infrastructure and Communities |
| 2008–2011 | Prime Minister |
| 2008–2011 | Intergovernmental Affairs |
| 2006–2008 | Treasury Board |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pierre Marcel Poilievre June 3, 1979[1] Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative (since 2003) |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Greely, Ontario, Canada[2] |
| Alma mater | University 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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