Gilles Loiselle, PC

Queen's Privy Council for Canada

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 (born May 20, 1929 in Ville-Marie

Ville-Marie, Quebec

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, Quebec

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) is a retired Canadian politician

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Elected in the 1988 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1988

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, Loiselle immediately joined the cabinet

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 of Brian Mulroney

Brian Mulroney

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 due to his experience as a diplomat

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 and senior civil servant. In 1990, he was elevated to the post of President of the Treasury Board and, in 1993, he served as Minister of Finance

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 in the short-lived government of Kim Campbell

Kim Campbell

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Loiselle, a Progressive Conservative

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, was defeated in the 1993 election

Canadian federal election, 1993

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. The Tories were cut down to two seats, and Loiselle himself was held to third place. To date, Loiselle is the only Finance Minister not to have tabled a budget during his time in cabinet.

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