François-Philippe Champagne
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne PC MP | |
|---|---|
 Champagne in 2017 | |
| Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Registrar General of Canada | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 12, 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Navdeep Bains |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office November 20, 2019 – January 12, 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Chrystia Freeland |
| Succeeded by | Marc Garneau[1] |
| Minister of Infrastructure and Communities | |
| In office July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Amarjeet Sohi |
| Succeeded by | Catherine McKenna |
| Minister of International Trade | |
| In office January 10, 2017 – July 18, 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Chrystia Freeland |
| Succeeded by | Jim Carr |
| Member of Parliament for Saint-Maurice—Champlain | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Lise St-Denis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 25, 1970 Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Shawinigan[2] |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal Case Western Reserve University School of Law |
| Profession | Lawyer Businessman |
François-Philippe Champagne PC MP (born June 25, 1970) is a Canadian politician who has been Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry since 2021. Champagne was formerly the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2021. He was elected to represent the riding of Saint-Maurice—Champlain in the House of Commons in the 2015 election for the Liberal Party.[3][4] He became Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry on January 12, 2021, after a cabinet reshuffle.[1]
Career[]
Champagne was raised in Shawinigan, Quebec, and studied law at the Université de Montréal and Case Western Reserve University School of Law. After several years working as a senior attorney for Elsag Bailey Process Automation, he joined ABB Group in 1999, eventually rising to group vice president and senior counsel. In 2008 he joined Amec PLC as a strategic development director, and was designated a "young global leader" by the World Economic Forum. In an interview with The Globe and Mail in 2009, Champagne expressed his desire to eventually return to Canada and enter politics, citing fellow Shawinigan resident Jean Chrétien as an inspiration.[5]
Subsequently, returning to Canada, he became involved in a variety of business and non-profit ventures. He became the Liberal candidate for Saint-Maurice—Champlain, and was elected to Parliament on October 19, 2015.[6]
After his election in 2015, Champagne appointed as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Finance until 2017, when he was appointed Minister of International Trade.[7]
In November 2019, Champagne became Minister of Foreign Affairs, taking the helm of Trudeau's foreign policy.
In June 2020, it was reported that Champagne had two more mortgages with the state-owned Bank of China, raising questions of potential vulnerability to foreign influence.[8]
Champagne has stated he is trilingual, speaking English, French and Italian.[5]
Champagne welcomed Trump's peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates as a positive and historic step towards a peaceful and secure Middle East, adding Canada was gladdened by suspension of Israel's plans to annex parts of the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank.[9]
In the 2021 Canadian cabinet reshuffle, Champagne was moved out of the Foreign Affairs portfolio, and became Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry.[10]
Electoral record[]
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Saint-Maurice—Champlain | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | François-Philippe Champagne | 23,104 | 39.55 | -1.97 | $101,231.55 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Nicole Morin | 19,950 | 34.15 | +14.99 | $4,638.18 | |||
| Conservative | Bruno-Pier Courchesne | 9,542 | 16.33 | +0.06 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Barthélémy Boisguérin | 3,071 | 5.26 | -15.51 | none listed | |||
| Green | Stéphanie Dufresne | 1,809 | 3.10 | +1.16 | none listed | |||
| People's | Julie Déziel | 938 | 1.61 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 58,414 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,307 | 2.19 | ||||||
| Turnout | 59,721 | 65.20 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 91,594 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -8.48 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Saint-Maurice—Champlain | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | François-Philippe Champagne | 24,475 | 41.52 | +30.59 | $107,029.87 | |||
| New Democratic | Jean-Yves Tremblay | 12,245 | 20.77 | −20.51 | $29,855.51 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Sacki Carignan Deschamps | 11,295 | 19.16 | −9.31 | $32,567.29 | |||
| Conservative | Jacques Grenier | 9,592 | 16.27 | −0.86 | $49,358.13 | |||
| Green | Martial Toupin | 1,144 | 1.94 | −0.09 | $3,832.69 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Jean-Paul Bédard | 196 | 0.33 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 58,947 | 100.0 | $269,923.91 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,175 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 60,122 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 92,086 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13][14] | ||||||||
References[]
- ^ a b "PM to shuffle cabinet with Navdeep Bains retiring from politics". CTVNews. January 11, 2021.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ "Le libéral François-Philippe Champagne remporte son pari dans Saint-Maurice-Champlain". Radio Canada. October 19, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
- ^ "François-Philippe Champagne to be Canada's next foreign affairs minister". CBC News. November 19, 2019. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ a b Pitts, Gordon (June 8, 2009). "Another 'little guy from Shawinigan'". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
- ^ François-Philippe Champagne Biography, Liberal.ca.
- ^ "The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne". Prime Minister of Canada. October 26, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ^ Fife, Robert; Chase, Steven (June 10, 2020). "Foreign Affairs Minister has two mortgages with state-run Bank of China". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ Sevunts, Levon (August 14, 2020). "Canada welcomes normalization of relations between Israel and U.A.E." Radio Canada International.
- ^ "Trudeau shuffles cabinet as poll shows Liberals flirting with majority territory". Global News. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Voter Information Service - Find your electoral district". www.elections.ca.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Error page". www.elections.ca.
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