| Suzanne Blais-grenier |
Article Index for Suzanne |
Website Links For Suzanne |
Information AboutSuzanne Blais-grenier |
|
Blais-Grenier was elected to the Canadian House Of Commons in the 1984 Federal Election that brought Brian Mulroney to power. The newly elected Prime Minister Member Of Parliament for Rosemont , Quebec . She was appointed to the Cabinet as Prime Minister Mulroney's first Minister Of The Environment . She faced mounting criticism from Environmentalists following cuts to various programs and a lackluster performance over several months when being targeted by the Opposition in the House of Commons during Question Period . Blais-Grenier was demoted in 1985 to the position of Minister Of State for Transport. Following the demotion, Blais-Grenier became increasingly critical of the Mulroney government. At the end of 1985 , she resigned from Cabinet to protest the government's refusal to prevent the closure of an oil refinery in Montreal . On September 20 , 1988 , she was expelled from the Progressive Conservative Caucus for refusing to withdraw allegations of Kickback s involving the Quebec wing of the party. She ran as an independent candidate in the November 1988 General Election , but was defeated by the Progressive Conservative candidate, and came in fourth place with 2,060 votes. EXTERNAL LINKS |
|
|