Pierre H. Vincent

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Pierre H. Vincent, PC (born April 2, 1955) is a tax lawyer and former Canadian politician.

Vincent was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 electoral landslide that brought Brian Mulroney and the Progressive Conservative Party to power. Vincent, the PC Member of Parliament for Trois-Rivières served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue from 1984 until 1985; Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance from 1985 to 1993, and was also Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada from 1991 to 1993.

In January 1993, Vincent was elevated to Prime Minister Mulroney's Cabinet as Minister of State for Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. When Kim Campbell succeeded Mulroney as PC leader and prime minister, she promoted Vincent to Minister of the Environment. His appointment was criticized as the appointment of a relative neophyte to the position was seen as a message by Campbell that the Environment was no longer considered a senior portfolio.

Both Vincent and the Campbell government were defeated in the 1993 federal election and Vincent returned to private life.

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25th Ministry - Government of Kim Campbell
Cabinet Post
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Jean Charest	Minister of the Environment (1993)	Sheila Copps
24th Ministry - Government of Brian Mulroney
Cabinet Post
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Pierre Blais	Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs (1993)	Jean Charest
Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Claude Lajoie	Member of Parliament for Trois-Rivières 1984–1993	Succeeded by Yves Rocheleau