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Joseph Mario Jacques Olivier

The Honourable
Jacques Olivier
PC
29th Mayor of Longueuil
In office
2001–2005
Preceded by Claude Gladu
Succeeded by Claude Gladu
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Longueuil
In office
1972–1984
Preceded by Jean-Pierre Côté
Succeeded by Nic Leblanc
Personal details
Born (1944-04-14) April 14, 1944 (age 73)
Hull, Quebec, Canada
Political party Liberal
Parti municipal Rive-Sud–Équipe Olivier
Profession Businessman

Joseph Mario Jacques Olivier, PC (born April 14, 1944) is a Canadian politician, businessman and labour leader. He was mayor of Longueuil, Quebec, from 2001 until 2005 and is a former Member of Parliament.

A hospital worker in his youth, Olivier was elected president of the trade union local at Charles-LeMoyne Hospital and treasurer of Quebec's National Federation of Hospital Employees. In 1970, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed Olivier as an aide to the Canadian Cabinet on labour relations.

In the 1972 election, Olivier was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Longueuil. He served as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Labour from 1976 to 1978.

Following the 1980 election, Olivier was elected chair of the Liberal Party's Quebec caucus. In January 1984, Trudeau appointed Olivier to the Cabinet as Minister of State for fitness and amateur sport. Olivier was dropped from Cabinet in June when John Napier Turner became the new prime minister. He was defeated in the subsequent 1984 election.


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