Pierre Lemieux

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**Pierre Lemieux**

Riding	Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
Political party:	Conservative
First elected:	2006 election
Profession(s):	Consultant, mechanical engineer

Pierre Lemieux (born in Embrun, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is the MP for the riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell in Canada's 39th General Election. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada.

[edit] Background

Pierre has a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Royal Military College of Canada) and a Masters of Science. He has been a Professional Engineer since 1994 and is a certified Project Management Professional.

Prior to his run at politics, Pierre Lemieux served in the Canadian Armed Forces for 20 years and retired at the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Pierre then worked for a number of years in the Ottawa high tech sector for JDS Uniphase. He has since started his own company, offering project management and consulting services to government departments and charitable organizations.

Lemieux is viewed as a social conservative.

[edit] Politics

This is the first venture into political life for Pierre Lemieux. He won the Conservative nomination on May 26, 2005. On Monday January 23, 2006, Lemieux narrowly defeated Liberal René Berthiaume, becoming MP for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell. Glengarry-Prescott-Russell was one of the longest held Liberal ridings in Eastern Ontario. The results were not entirely unexpected, however, as the region as a whole has been trending toward the Conservatives in recent years at the federal level.