Pierre H. Cadieux (born April 6, 1948) is a lawyer and former

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politician. Born in

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, Cadieux was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Progressive Conservative

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for Vaudreuil,

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in the 1984 federal election that brought Brian Mulroney to power. In 1986, he was appointed to the

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, and in 1989, was moved in a cabinet shuffle to

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. In that position, future

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served under him as

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. In 1990, he was shuffled again to the position of Solicitor-General of Canada, and in 1991, he became Deputy Government

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and

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for Fitness and Amateur Sport and for Youth. Cadieux left Cabinet when Mulroney retired as

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, and did not run in the 1993 federal election.

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* 1948 births Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Solicitors General of Canada Members of the 24th Canadian Ministry {{ProgressiveConservative-Quebec-MP-stub