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Pratt served as Canada's 36th Minister Of National Defence in the Cabinet Of Canada from December 12 , 2003 to July 19 , 2004 . In the 2004 Canadian Federal Election , he lost his seat to the Conservative candidate, forcing his departure as Defence Minister a month later.

Following his loss, he was appointed as an Advisor and Special Ambassador to the Canadian Red Cross. He is currently working in the area of conflict prevention and international humanitarian law.


BEFORE FEDERAL POLITICS

Before Pratt got into federal politics, he served in public office municipally. In 1988 he was elected to the Nepean City Council. In his re-election in 1991, he was also elected to the Ottawa Carleton Regional Council. Pratt served a term as Deputy Mayor and chaired the committees of Public Works and Parks and Recreation. On Regional Council, he worked on transportation and environment issues and was a member of the Ottawa-Carleton Police Services Board and the OC Transpo Commission. He served for five years on the Board of Directors of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.


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  Post1preceded John McCallum
  Post1 Minister Of National Defence
  Post1years 2003&ndash2004
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  Post1followed Bill Graham









Preceded by:

''riding created in 1996 ; see Carleton—Gloucester and Nepean ''
Members of Parliament from Nepean—Carleton Succeeded by:

Pierre Poilievre , Conservative