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Harvie Andre
Harvie Andre (born July 27 1940) is a former Canadian politican and federal Cabinet minister.
Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Andre was a chemical engineer before being winning a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1972 general election. He served as the Progressive Conservative MP for Calgary Centre for twenty-one years.
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. For the last three years of the Mulroney government Andre was Government House Leader. He did not run in the 1993 federal election preferring to return 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 and chairman of BowEnergy Resources since 2001 as well as serving on numerous boards of directors.
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