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Valcourt, a New Brunswick er, was first elected to the Canadian House Of Commons as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1984 Election that brought Brian Mulroney to power. He was appointed to the Canadian Cabinet in 1986 as a Minister Of State . In January 1989 , he was promoted to Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, but was forced to resign from Cabinet in August when he was involved in a drunk driving motorcycle accident that cost him an eye. He returned to Cabinet seven months later as Minister Of Fisheries And Oceans . In 1991 , he was promoted to Minister of Employment and Immigration, and held the position until the government of Mulroney's successor as PC leader and Prime Minister , Kim Campbell , was defeated in the 1993 Election . Valcourt lost his seat in Parliament in that election. In May 1995 , Valcourt was elected leader of the New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party . While he won a seat in the Legislative Assembly Of New Brunswick in the 1995 Provincial Election , his party only won six seats against 48 for Frank McKenna 's Liberals . Valcourt resigned as leader in 1997 following a lukewarm endorsement of his leadership at a party convention, and was succeeded by Bernard Lord .
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