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De Cotret was an economist and corporate executive before being elected to the Canadian House Of Commons in a 1978 By-election . He was elected as the Progressive Conservative Member Of Parliament (MP) for Ottawa Centre , and was one of the few Francophone MPs in the Tory Caucus . Despite the Tory victory in the 1979 General Election , de Cotret lost his Seat . In need of French-Canadian Cabinet ministers, Prime Minister Joe Clark appointed de Cotret to the Canadian Senate and to Cabinet as Minister Of Industry, Trade And Commerce in Clark's Minority Government . When the government was defeated in a Motion Of Non-confidence , a new election was called for February 18 , 1980 . De Cotret resigned his Senate seat in order to run for a seat in the House of Commons in the Riding of Berthier—Maskinongé , but was defeated in the 1980 Election along with the Clark government. De Cotret ran again in the 1984 Election , and was elected along with a Progressive Conservative Majority Government led by Brian Mulroney . Mulroney appointed de Cotret to Cabinet as President Of The Treasury Board . In 1987 , de Cotret became Minister Of Regional Industrial Expansion , and reassumed the Treasury Board portfolio in 1989 . In 1990 , he became Minister Of The Environment and then Secretary Of State For Canada in 1991 . De Cotret chose not to run for re-election and retired from Cabinet in January 1993 , and did not run in the 1993 Election . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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