Gerry Weiner

The Honourable Gerald "Gerry" Weiner
Mayor of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec
In office 1982–1984
Preceded by	Jean Cournoyer
Succeeded by	Ed Janiszewski
Member of Parliament for Dollard
In office 1984–1988
Preceded by	Louis Desmarais
Succeeded by	District was abolished in 1987.
Member of Parliament for Pierrefonds—Dollard
In office 1988–1993
Preceded by	District was created in 1987.
Succeeded by	Bernard Patry
Personal details
Born	June 26, 1933 Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Progressive Conservative

Gerald "Gerry" Weiner, PC (born June 26, 1933) is a Canadian politician.

A pharmacist educated at McGill University and the Université de Montréal, Weiner entered local politics and eventually became mayor of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec in 1982. He was a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1984 election, winning a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Pierrefonds—Dollard, Quebec in the Tory landslide that brought Brian Mulroney to power.

After serving for two years as a parliamentary secretary, Weiner was promoted to Prime Minister Mulroney's Cabinet as Minister of State for immigration. In 1988, he became Minister of State for Multiculturalism, and served in that position until 1991.

He was re-elected as MP for the new riding of Pierrefonds—Dollard in the 1988 election. In 1989, he became Secretary of State for Canada. From 1990 to 1993, he was Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship in the cabinets of Mulroney and his successor Kim Campbell. He lost his seat in the 1993 election that also defeated the Campbell government and reduced the Tories to two seats.

Weiner entered provincial politics, serving as president of the Equality Party, which was a party advocating the rights of anglophones in Quebec. In 1998, he was elected to the city council in Montreal as a member of the Vision Montreal party and a supporter of Mayor Pierre Bourque. Weiner served on the city's executive committee.

More recently, Weiner has returned to the private sector as a director of Investor Relations for Pace Global Advantage and a Senior Advisor to the Pace Law Firm in their Immigration department. Mr. Weiner continues to practice as a pharmacist in Montreal. He is currently the president of the Board of Directors for The Centre For Literacy of Quebec; the National Vice-President of the Canadian Friends of Haifa University; the chair of the Board of Directors of the Old Port of Montreal Corporation; a member Board of Directors of Mount Sinai Hospital and member of the Board of Directors of the Canada-India Business Council.

Electoral record (incomplete)

Canadian federal election, 1993: Pierrefonds—Dollard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bernard Patry	39,974	64.98	$32,857
	Bloc Québécois	René de Cotret Opzoomer	10,712	17.41	$16,510
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Weiner	8,106	13.18	$35,655
	New Democratic	Catherine J. Rideout-Erais	864	1.40	$117
	Natural Law	Ruby Finkelstein	480	0.78	$626
	National	Carlos Roldan	474	0.77	$2,105
	Libertarian	Hugh Rowe	410	0.67	$0
	N/A (Equality)	Lionel Albert	386	0.63	$5,004
	Commonwealth of Canada	Glenford Charles	108	0.18	$0
Total valid votes			61,514	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			925
Turnout			62,439	81.01
Electors on the lists			77,076
Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

References

• Canadian Who's Who 1997. University of Toronto Press.

External links

• Gerry Weiner – Parliament of Canada biography