Harvie Andre, (July 27, 1940 – October 21, 2012) was a
Canadian engineer, businessman, politician and
federal Cabinet minister.
Born in
Edmonton,
Alberta, on July 27, 1940, Andre was educated at the
University of Alberta (Chemical ’62, PhD Chemical ’66) and pursued part of his postgraduate studies at the
California Institute of Technology before becoming a professor of
chemical engineering at the
University of Calgary from 1966 to 1972. In the
1972 general election he won a
seat
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in the
House of Commons of Canada
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, where he served as the
Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for
Calgary Centre for twenty-one years.
In opposition, Andre was a vocal opponent of
Petro-Canada
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and the
National Energy Program. He also served as the
defence critic
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.
He was appointed to the Cabinet after the
1984 election brought the
Tories to power under
Brian Mulroney
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Born in the eastern Quebec city of Baie-Comeau, Mulroney studied political sci ...
. Andre served as
Minister of Supply and Services until 1985 when he became
Associate Minister of National Defence. From 1986 to 1989, he was
Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and then
Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion
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until 1990. In addition, in 1987 Mulroney gave Andre responsibility for Canada Post Corporation. Andre confronted the Post Office's major labour and cost issues and in the course of two years saw that department go from losses to turn a $98-million profit for the first time in its history.
For the last three years of the Mulroney government, Andre was
Government House Leader. He did not run for re-election in the
1993 federal election, and returned to private life.
After leaving politics, Andre was involved in the business world, particularly the energy sector, as president of
Cresvard Corporation since 1998, chief executive of Calgary-based
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and chairman of
BowEnergy Resources since 2001. He served on numerous corporate
boards of directors.
Andre was married, and had two daughters and one son.
References
External links
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Canadian EncyclopediaU of A Engineer Magazine Article
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1940 births
2012 deaths
Businesspeople from Edmonton
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta
Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
Members of the United Church of Canada
Politicians from Edmonton
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
University of Alberta alumni
20th-century Canadian politicians