Maxime Bernier
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The Honourable Maxime Bernier PC MP |
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| Official Opposition Critic for Innovation, Science, and Economic Development | |
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In office November 20, 2015 – April 7, 2016 |
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| Leader | Rona Ambrose |
| Preceded by | Peggy Nash |
| Succeeded by | Diane Finley |
| Minister of Small Business and Tourism | |
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In office May 18, 2011 – November 4, 2015 |
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| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Rob Moore |
| Succeeded by | Bardish Chagger |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office August 13, 2007 – May 26, 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Peter MacKay |
| Succeeded by | David Emerson |
| Minister of Industry | |
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In office February 6, 2006 – August 13, 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | David Emerson |
| Succeeded by | Jim Prentice |
| Chair of the Standing Committee on National Defence |
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In office March 9, 2009 – June 20, 2011 |
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| Minister | Peter Mackay |
| Preceded by | Rick Casson |
| Succeeded by | James Bezan |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Beauce |
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Assumed office January 23, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Claude Drouin |
| Personal details | |
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January 18, 1963 Saint-Georges, Quebec |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Divorced |
| Residence | Saint-Georges, Quebec |
| Profession | Businessman, lawyer, consultant |
Maxime Bernier, PC, MP (born January 18, 1963) is a Canadian businessman, lawyer, and politician, who is currently serving as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Beauce in Quebec. Bernier has been elected four times with outright majorities. During his time in politics, he served as the Minister of Industry, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism, and Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism and Agriculture in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He is now the Official Opposition Critic for Innovation, Science, and Economic Development.
Bernier was born in Saint-Georges, Quebec, the son of Doris (Rodrigue) and Gilles Bernier, a well known radio host, who represented the riding of Beauce from 1984 to 1997, first as a Progressive Conservative and then as an independent. He has two sisters, Brigitte and Caroline, and one brother, Gilles Bernier, Jr. In his teens Bernier played football and was a member of the Condors, the team of the Séminaire St-Georges, when they won the Bol d’Or at the Olympic Stadium in 1980. He has participated in several marathons and runs daily. He obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Université du Québec à Montréal, and went on to complete his law degree at the University of Ottawa. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1990.
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