Pierre Pettigrew
Minister for International Cooperation | |
|---|---|
| In office January 25, 1996 – October 3, 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Jean Chrétien |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Don Boudria |
| Member of Parliament for Papineau Papineau—Saint-Michel (1996–1997) Papineau—Saint-Denis (1997–2004) | |
| In office March 25, 1996 – January 22, 2006 | |
| Preceded by | André Ouellet |
| Succeeded by | Vivian Barbot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pierre Stewart Pettigrew April 18, 1951 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Businessman |
Pierre Stewart Pettigrew PC (born April 18, 1951) is a Canadian politician and businessman.
Early life and career
Born in Quebec City, Pettigrew has a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (1972) and a Master of Philosophy degree in international relations from the University of Oxford (1976) where he studied at Balliol College.
Prior to seeking elected office, Pettigrew was director of the Political Committee,
Political career
Pettigrew served in the Liberal cabinet of Jean Chrétien in various capacities and in the government of Paul Martin as Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs. In the 2006 federal election he was defeated as the Member of Parliament for the Montreal-area electoral district of Papineau.
Following the 1995 Quebec referendum Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was committed to bringing in more star candidates from Quebec to his cabinet. He thus appointed Pettigrew and Stéphane Dion to cabinet, even before they were in the house. Pettigrew previously ran for parliament in the 1984 federal election in the riding of Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup but was defeated by less than 7,000 votes by the Progressive Conservative candidate, André Plourde.
From 1996 to 1999, he also served as
As
On December 12, 2003, he was appointed
On April 26, 2005, the Montreal newspaper
Pettigrew has long been rumoured to be a possible leadership candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada or as a leader of the Liberal Party of Quebec.
In 1999, Pettigrew wrote Pour une politique de la confiance (English translation: The New Politics of Confidence), a book on globalization and the art of governing.
On June 17, 2005, an incident occurred at a conference in Montreal regarding the subject of Haiti, at one point during the conference, Pettigrew was splashed with a red substance by Yves Engler, a political activist associated with the group Haiti Action Montreal. As Engler threw the red substance on Pettigrew, he shouted "Pettigrew lies, Haitians die". Engler claimed that the red paint was meant to symbolize the blood on the hands of the Canadian state due to Canada's involvement in Haiti. Pettigrew told police that he wanted full charges pressed against Engler. However, a couple of days later, Pettigrew suddenly decided to drop all charges.
Despite growing pressure, Pettigrew consistently stated that Canada would "stay the course" in Haiti.[3]
On December 28, 2005, Pettigrew was the victim of an attempted mugging while he was waiting for a train in the Montreal subway station. The accused, Frederick Estelle, has been charged with aggravated theft.[4][5]
At the 2004 election, Pettigrew was nearly defeated by a Bloc Québécois challenger – only the second time that the Liberals' hold on the riding had been seriously threatened. At the 2006 election, Pettigrew was defeated by Bloc challenger Vivian Barbot.
Post-political career
On October 23, 2006, Deloitte Canada's Managing Partner and Chief Executive Alan MacGibbon announced that Pierre Pettigrew had been appointed as Executive Advisor for the firm's international activities. Pettigrew is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.[6]
He was awarded an honorary
In August 2016, Pettigrew was appointed special envoy on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union.[7]
He currently resides in Toronto.[citation needed]
Electoral record
| 2006 Canadian federal election: Papineau | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Vivian Barbot | 17,775 | 40.75 | +0.79 | $50,886 | |||
| Liberal | Pierre Pettigrew | 16,785 | 38.48 | -2.62 | $75,541 | |||
| Conservative | Mustaque Sarker | 3,630 | 8.32 | +3.55 | $34,951 | |||
| New Democratic | Marc Hasbani | 3,358 | 7.70 | -1.07 | $2,568 | |||
| Green | Louis-Philippe Verenka | 1,572 | 3.60 | +1.03 | $181 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peter Macrisopoulos | 317 | 0.73 | +0.32 | ||||
| Canadian Action | Mahmood-Raza Baig | 185 | 0.42 | – | $2,007 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 43,622 | 100.00 | $76,023 | |||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election: Papineau | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Pierre Pettigrew | 16,892 | 41.10 | -13.00 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Martine Carrière | 16,424 | 39.96 | +13.36 | $48,511 | |||
| New Democratic | André Frappier | 3,603 | 8.77 | +4.29 | $28,566 | |||
| Conservative | Mustaque Sarker | 1,961 | 4.77 | -2.74 | $38,564 | |||
| Green | Adam Jastrzebski | 1,058 | 2.57 | +0.02 | ||||
| Marijuana | Christelle Dusablon-Pelletier | 490 | 1.19 | -0.81 | ||||
| Communist | André Parizeau |
252 | 0.61 | $825 | ||||
| Independent | Jimmy Garoufalis | 250 | 0.61 | $2,607 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peter Macrisopoulos | 169 | 0.41 | +0.68 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 41,099 | 100.00 | $75,103 | |||||
| Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election, and not the vote Sarker received as an independent candidate. | ||||||||
Papineau—Saint-Denis
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Pierre Pettigrew | 23,955 | 54.10 | +0.20 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Philippe Ordenes | 11,779 | 26.60 | -2.31 | ||||
| Alliance | Yannis Felemegos | 2,114 | 4.77 | -8.01 | ||||
| New Democratic | Hans Marotte | 1,983 | 4.48 | +2.03 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Emmanuel Préville | 1,215 | 2.74 | -10.04 | ||||
| Green | Boris-Antoine Legault | 1,128 | 2.55 | |||||
| Marijuana | Antoine Théorêt-Poupart | 886 | 2.00 | |||||
| Independent | Mustaque Sarker | 738 | 1.67 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peter Macrisopoulos | 482 | 1.09 | +0.10 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,280 | 100.00 | ||||||
Note: Canadian Alliance vote compared to the vote Felemegos received as a Progressive Conservative candidate.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Pierre Pettigrew | 26,260 | 53.90 | – | $53,271 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Mario Beaulieu |
14,083 | 28.91 | $25,032 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Yannis Felemegos | 6,227 | 12.78 | $19,274 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gaby Kombé | 1,196 | 2.45 | $3,030 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peter Macrisopoulos | 481 | 0.99 | $0 | ||||
| Communist League | Michel Dugré | 471 | 0.97 | $270 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 48,718 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,676 | |||||||
| Turnout | 50,394 | 75.55 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 66,706 | |||||||
| Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada. | ||||||||
Notes
- ^ meeting with Thomas d'Aquino at the Summit of the Americas 2001
- ^ "Pettigrew quitting politics". CBC News. April 26, 2005. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
- ^ "Pettigrew: Canada will stay the course in Haiti". CTV News. January 3, 2006. Archived from the original on February 9, 2006. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
- ^ "Pettigrew mugged in Montreal metro". CBC News. December 30, 2005. Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
- ^ "Bail denied for Montreal man accused of mugging Pettigrew". CBC News. December 30, 2005. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
- ^ "Inter-American Dialogue | Pierre Pettigrew". www.thedialogue.org. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
- ^ Zimonjic, Peter (August 24, 2016). "Pierre Pettigrew, former Chrétien cabinet minister, named CETA envoy Social Sharing Facebook Twitter Email Reddit LinkedIn Pettigrew confident EU trade deal will be signed by October; TPP another story". CBC News. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
External links
- PETTIGREW, Hon. Pierre Stewart, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
- Indymedia article about the red paint incident
- Pierre Pettigrew – Parliament of Canada biography
- Pettigrew and Haiti