Harvie Andre

Harvie Andre

Harvie Andre, PC (born July 27 1940) is a former Canadian politician and federal Cabinet minister.

Born in Edmonton, Alberta on July 27, 1940), Andre was educated at the California Institute of Technology and University of Alberta (Chemical ’62, PhD Chemical ’66) before teaching chemical engineering at the University of Calgary from 1966-72. In the 1972 general election he won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons, where he served as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Calgary Centre for twenty-one years.

In opposition, Andre was a vocal opponent of Petro-Canada and the National Energy Program. He also served as the defence critic.

He was appointed to the Cabinet after the 1984 election brought the Tories to power under Brian Mulroney. Andre served as Minister of Supply and Services until 1985 when he became Associate Minister of National Defence. From 1986 to 1989, he was Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and then Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion until 1990. In addition, in 1987 Mulroney gave Andre responsibility for Canada Post Corporation. Andre confronted the Post Office's major labour and cost issues and in the course of two years saw that department go from losses to turn a $98-million profit for the first time in its history.

For the last three years of the Mulroney government, Andre was Government House Leader. He did not run for re-election in the 1993 federal election, and returned to private life.

Since leaving politics, Andre has been involved in the business world, particularly the energy sector, as president of Cresvard Corporation since 1998, chief executive of Calgary-based Wenzel Downhole Tools and chairman of BowEnergy Resources since 2001. He has served on numerous corporate boards of directors.

Andre has a wife, two daughters and one son.

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=526&s=M Political biography from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000206 Canadian Encyclopedia]
* [http://www.engineering.ualberta.ca/uofaengineer/article.cfm?article=42821&issue=40307 U of A Engineer Magazine Article]


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