Monique Landry, PC

Queen's Privy Council for Canada

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 (born December 25, 1937) is a former Canadian

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 politician.

A physiotherapist and administrator, she was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 in the 1984 general election

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 that brought the Progressive Conservative Party

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 to power under the leadership of Brian Mulroney

Brian Mulroney

Martin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S...

. Hers was an upset victory, defeating Liberal

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 Cabinet minister Francis Fox

Francis Fox

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.

The new Member of Parliament

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 for Blainville—Deux-Montagnes

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, Quebec

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, was immediately appointed parliamentary secretary

Parliamentary Secretary

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 to the Secretary of State for Canada

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 by Prime Minister

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 Mulroney following the election. In 1985, she became parliamentary secretary to the Minister for International Trade.

She joined the Cabinet in 1986 as both Minister for External Relations (a junior portfolio subordinate to the Secretary of State for External Affairs

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) and Minister responsible for La Francophonie. From 1991 to 1993, she also served as Minister of State

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 for Indian Affairs and Northern Development while retaining her other positions.

In January 1993, she was promoted to Secretary of State for Canada. When Kim Campbell

Kim Campbell

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 succeeded Mulroney as Prime Minister, she appointed Landry Minister of Communications

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 in addition to her position as Secretary of State. However, both Landry and the Campbell government were defeated in the fall 1993 general election

Canadian federal election, 1993

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which ended her parliamentary career.