Jean Corbeil

The Honourable

Jean Corbeil

PC
The Honourable; Jean Corbeil; PC
Minister of Labour
	In office; January 30, 1989 – April 21, 1991
Prime Minister	Brian Mulroney
Preceded by	Pierre Cadieux
Succeeded by	Marcel Danis
Minister of Transport
	In office; April 21, 1991 – November 3, 1993
Prime Minister	Brian Mulroney; Kim Campbell;
Preceded by	Doug Lewis
Succeeded by	Doug Young
Member of Parliament for Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies
	In office; 1988–1993
Preceded by	Riding created
Succeeded by	Roger Pomerleau
Personal details
Born	January 7, 1934; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	June 25, 2002 (aged 68)
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Cabinet	Minister of Labour (1989-1991); Minister of Transport (1991-1993)

Jean Corbeil, PC (January 7, 1934 – June 25, 2002) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was mayor of the city of Anjou from 1973 to 1988. In 1987-1988 he served a term as chairman of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. In the 1988 federal election, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Progressive Conservative in the riding of Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies.

He served in the Cabinets of Prime Ministers Brian Mulroney and Kim Campbell as Minister of Labour from 1989 to 1991, Minister of State (Transport) from 1990 to 1991, and Minister of Transport from 1991 to 1993. He was defeated in the 1993 and 1997 elections.

Electoral record (partial)[]

hide v t 1993 Canadian federal election: Honoré-Mercier
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Pomerleau	26,163	43.10		$31,453
	Liberal	Normand Biron	25,631	42.22	+9.51	$40,059
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Corbeil	7,066	11.64	−39.90	$53,776
	New Democratic	Zamba Mandala	958	1.58	−10.98	$1,781
	Natural Law	Gilles Raymond	747	1.23		$2,220
	Commonwealth of Canada	Frantz-Albert Mitton	139	0.23		$0
Total valid votes			60,704	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,053
Turnout			62,757	78.90
Electors on the lists			79,535
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from the official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada.

hide v t 1988 Canadian federal election: Honoré-Mercier
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Corbeil	27,451	51.54		$43,927
	Liberal	Vincent Arciresi	17,421	32.71	–	$39,082
	New Democratic	Vincent Marchione	6,687	12.56		$11,055
	Green	Mario Paul	1,217	2.29		$0
	Marxist–Leninist	Catherine Commandeur	483	0.91		$130
Total valid votes			53,259	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,338
Turnout			54,597	74.02
Electors on the lists			73,763
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-fourth General Election, 1988.

References[]

Jean Corbeil – Parliament of Canada biography

show v t Ministers of Transport
Ministers of Railways and Canals (1879–1936)¹	Tupper Pope Macdonald Bowell (acting) Haggart Ouimet (acting) Haggart Blair Fielding (acting) Emmerson Fielding (acting) Graham Cochrane Reid Stewart Kennedy Graham Dunning Drayton (acting) Black Dunning Crerar Manion Howe
Ministers of Marine (1930–36)¹	Cardin Duranleau Gendron Howe
Ministers of Transport (1936–2006)	Howe Cardin Howe (acting) Michaud Chevrier Marler Hees Balcer McIlraith Pickersgill Hellyer Richardson (acting) Jamieson Marchand Lang Mazankowski Pépin Axworthy Mazankowski Crosbie Bouchard Lewis Corbeil Young Anderson Collenette Valeri Lapierre
Ministers of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (2006–15)	Cannon Baird Strahl Lebel
Ministers of Transport (2015–present)	Raitt Garneau Alghabra
¹The offices of Minister of Marine and Minister of Railways and Canals were abolished and the office of Minister of Transport was created in 1936

show v t Ministers of Labour
Ministers of Labour (1900–96)	Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux¹ W. L. M. King Crothers Robertson Murdock J. H. King (acting) Elliott Manion (acting) Jones Heenan Robertson Gordon Rogers McLarty Mitchell Martin (acting) Gregg Starr MacEachen Nicholson Pépin Mackasey O'Connell Munro Ouellet (acting) O'Connell Alexander Regan Caccia Ouellet McKnight Cadieux Corbeil Danis Valcourt Axworthy Robillard
Ministers of Human Resources Development (1996–2005)²	Young Pettigrew Stewart Frulla Dryden
Ministers of Human Resources and Skills Development (2005–13)	Stronach Finley Solberg Finley
Ministers of Employment and Social Development (2013–15)	Kenney Poilievre
Minister of Families, Children and Social Development (2015–present)	Duclos
Ministers of Labour (1996–2015)	Robillard Gagliano MacAulay Bradshaw Fontana³ Blackburn Ambrose Raitt Leitch
Minister of Employment, Workforce and Labour (2015–present)	Mihychuk Hajdu Qualtrough
¹Until 1909, the office of the minister of Labour was a secondary function of the Postmaster-General of Canada. W. L. M. King was the first to hold the office independently. ²The office of Minister of Employment and Immigration, and Minister of Labour were abolished and the office of Minister of Human Resources Development went in force on July 12, 1996. Under the new provisions, a Minister of Labour may be appointed. However, when no Minister of Labour is appointed, the Minister of Human Resources Development shall exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the Minister of Labour. ³Styled "Minister of Labour and Housing".

The Honourable Jean Corbeil PC

Minister of Labour
In office January 30, 1989 – April 21, 1991
Prime Minister	Brian Mulroney
Preceded by	Pierre Cadieux
Succeeded by	Marcel Danis
Minister of Transport
In office April 21, 1991 – November 3, 1993
Prime Minister	Brian Mulroney Kim Campbell
Preceded by	Doug Lewis
Succeeded by	Doug Young
Member of Parliament for Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies
In office 1988–1993
Preceded by	Riding created
Succeeded by	Roger Pomerleau

Personal details
Born	(1934-01-07)January 7, 1934 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	June 25, 2002(2002-06-25) (aged 68)
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Cabinet	Minister of Labour (1989-1991) Minister of Transport (1991-1993)