page_title: 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election
section_title: Pierre Lemieux
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election / Registered candidates / Pierre Lemieux
caption_attribution_description: English: Pierre Lemieux Former M.P., Member of Parliament for the riding of Glengarry-Prescott- Russell (Ontario)
context_page_description: The 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election was held on May 27, 2017. Party members chose Andrew Scheer as leader, replacing Stephen Harper, who led the Conservative Party of Canada as its leader from 2004 following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties. Harper led the party through five federal elections: the party increased its seat count in the House of Commons in 2004, formed two minority governments in 2006, and 2008, and then a majority government in 2011. Following the defeat of the party in the 2015 federal election on October 19, Harper tendered his resignation as party leader. In a statement, Conservative Party President John Walsh said he had spoken to Harper, "and he has instructed me to reach out to the newly elected parliamentary caucus to appoint an interim Leader and to implement the leadership selection process."
  259,010 party members were eligible to vote in the leadership contest. 141,000 members cast a vote.
context_section_description: Background
  Pierre Lemieux, 57, is the former MP for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, Ontario (2006–2015). In the Harper government he was the Parliamentary Secretary for Official Languages (2007–2008), Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture (2008–2015), and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs (2015).
  Date campaign announced: August 22, 2016
  Endorsements
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  Organizations: (3)
  Campaign Life Coalition
  Canadian Taxpayers Federation Generation Screwed project,
  Right Now
  Policies
  Running as a social conservative, highlighting his opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. Lemieux does not believe that screening potential immigration candidates to Canada would make Canada any safer. In March 2017, Pierre Lemieux received a rating of C- from the Canadian Coalition for Firearms Rights for his policies on firearms ownership in Canada.
caption: Pierre Lemieux
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