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Pierre Blais [textual record]

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Date:

1988-1990.

Reference:

R1184-18-1-E, RG73

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Item ID number:

4841567

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Solicitor General Secretariat fonds

Minister's Office

Pierre Blais
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Date(s):

1988-1990.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

5.1 m of textual records

Language of material:

English
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Operational records of Office of the Solicitor General [textual record]

Records of the Minister's Office [textual record]
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This is a preliminary description, please consult the linked accessions. Sub-series consists of records created and/or maintained by the Minister's Office of the Solicitor General during the tenure of Pierre Blais.

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Creator: Pierre Blais

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Pierre Blais : Hon. Pierre Blais, PC, 1948- . Elected to the House of Commons in 1984 to represent Bellechasse, Quebec, Blais held this riding through the 1988 election. He was named as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture in 1984, becoming Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and to the President of the Privy Council in 1986, positions he held until 1987 when he was named as a Minister of State (Agriculture), holding that position through to 1993. In 1989 he was named as Solicitor General, a position he held for one year, when in early 1990 he was named Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, holding that Ministry for 3 years. In 1993 he was moved to the post of Minister of Justice and Attorney General, a position he held for less than a year (also concurrently holding the post of President of the Privy Council for 4 months). He was unseated in the 1993 election. Pierre Blais was appointed Judge of the Federal Court of Canada in 1998, moving to the Federal Court of Appeal in 2008. He served as Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal in 2009 to 2014. In 2015 he was named Chair of the Security Intelligence Review Committee.

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2006-00419-0
2016-00192-5
4-1998-05-027 OFRC
95/031
R1184
RG73

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RG73
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