Robert de Cotret

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Robert René de Cotret PC (born February 20, 1944 in Ottawa , Ontario ; † July 9, 1999 ) was a Canadian politician of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC), who was a member of the Senate for six months between 1979 and 1980 and more with interruptions as a member of the House of Commons for nine years . Between 1979 and 1980 he was Minister for Industry, Commerce and Industry in the 21st Cabinet of Prime Minister Joe Clark and later held several ministerial offices from 1984 to 1991 in the 24th Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney .

Life

Degree, Member of the House of Commons and Senator

After attending school, De Cotret first completed an undergraduate degree , which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He completed a postgraduate degree in business administration with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and then worked as an economist and business manager.

In a by-election on October 16, 1978, de Cotret was elected for the first time as a member of the House of Commons for the Progressive Conservative Party in the Ottawa Center constituency, but lost this seat in the general election on May 22, 1979 . He was then appointed Senator for Ontario for the Ottawa Senate District on June 5, 1979 by Prime Minister Joe Clark . However, he resigned from his senatorial office on January 14, 1980 to run again for the House of Commons.

Federal Minister in the Clark Cabinet

On June 4, 1979, Prime Minister Joe Clark appointed him to the 21st Cabinet of Canada as Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Commerce, which he served until the end of Clark's tenure on March 2, 1980. At the same time he was Minister of State for Economic Development from June 4, 1979 to March 2, 1980. At the same time he was between July 1979 and March 2, 1980 Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Development.

In the election of February 18, 1980 , he ran in the Ottawa Center constituency for re-entry into the House of Commons, but lost again. In the following election of the House of Commons on September 4, 1984 , he succeeded in being re-elected as a member of the House of Commons in the constituency of Berthier-Maskinongé . He represented the constituency of Berthier-Maskinongé-Lanaudière since the general election on November 21, 1988 , before voluntarily renouncing his mandate on October 24, 1993.

Federal Minister in the Mulroney Cabinet

After the election of the Progressive Conservative Party in the general election of September 4, 1984, de Cotret was appointed President of the Treasury by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on September 17, 1984. He held this ministerial office until August 26, 1987. Subsequently, between August 27, 1987 and January 29, 1989, he was Minister for Regional Economic Development and, at the same time, Minister of State for Science and Technology. He was then again President of the Treasury from January 30, 1989 to September 19, 1990, and also acting Minister of the Environment between May 23 and September 19, 1990. As part of a cabinet reshuffle, he served as Environment Minister from September 20, 1990 to April 20, 1991, before finally becoming State Secretary for Canada on April 21, 1991. He resigned from this office on January 3, 1993, because he did not want to run again for a lower house mandate in the next election and wanted to resign before a new cabinet reshuffle.

In addition to his ministerial posts, he was also chairman of the cabinet committee for operational government policy from September 17, 1984 to September 14, 1986, and chairman of the cabinet committee for economic and regional development between July 4, 1986 and January 29, 1989. September 1986 to April 19, 1988 Chairman of the Ministerial Committee for the Development of the Montreal Region. Most recently, between January 30, 1989 and April 20, 1991, he served both as Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Policy and as Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on the Treasury.

On October 24, 1993 he voluntarily resigned his mandate in the House of Commons and withdrew from politics after he had already been appointed representative of Canada to the World Bank on June 16, 1993 .

Publications

  • The outlook for 1978 - Some strength ahead , in: Canadian Business Review. Ottawa , summer 1977
  • Canada's economy today and tomorrow comments , Montebello, Quebec, 1978
  • The Economy In 1978: Better But Not Great , in: Canadian Business Review , Winter 1978
  • The Economy , in: Canadian Business , January 23, 1981
  • At the leading edge. Government initiatives in science and technology , in: Canadian Research , June 4, 1988

Web links and sources

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Canadian Ministries at rulers.org
  2. ^ Canadian Ministries at rulers.org
personal data
SURNAME Cotret, Robert de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cotret, Robert René de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottawa , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1999