Pierre Poilievre

The Honourable Pierre Poilievre PC MP
Poilievre in 2023
Leader of the Opposition
Incumbent
Assumed office September 10, 2022
Monarch	Charles III
Deputy	Melissa Lantsman Tim Uppal
Preceded by	Candice Bergen
Leader of the Conservative Party
Incumbent
Assumed office September 10, 2022
Deputy	Melissa Lantsman Tim Uppal
Preceded by	Candice Bergen (interim)
Minister of Employment and Social Development
In office February 9, 2015 – November 4, 2015
Prime Minister	Stephen Harper
Preceded by	Jason Kenney
Succeeded by	Jean-Yves Duclos (Families, Children and Social Development) MaryAnn Mihychuk (Employment, Workforce Development and Labour)
Minister for Democratic Reform[a]
In office July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015
Prime Minister	Stephen Harper
Preceded by	Tim Uppal
Succeeded by	Maryam Monsef (Democratic Institutions)
Member of Parliament for Carleton (Nepean—Carleton; 2004–2015)
Incumbent
Assumed office June 28, 2004
Preceded by	David Pratt
Shadow cabinet posts
2021–2022; 2017–2021	Shadow Minister for Finance
2021	Shadow Minister for Jobs and Industry
2016–2017	Shadow Minister for Employment, Labour and Work Opportunity
2015–2016	Shadow Minister for the Treasury Board
Parliamentary Secretary posts
2011–2013	Parliamentary secretary, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
2008–2011	Parliamentary secretary, Prime Minister, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
2006–2008	Parliamentary secretary, President of the Treasury Board
Personal details
Born	Pierre Marcel Poilievre (1979-06-03) June 3, 1979 (age 44)[1] Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Political party	Conservative (since 2003)
Other political affiliations	Reform (until 2000) Alliance (2000–2003)
Spouse	Anaida Galindo ​ (m. 2017)​
Children	2
Residence(s)	Greely, Ontario, Canada[2]
Alma mater	University of Calgary (BA)
Website	pierremp.ca

Pierre Marcel Poilievre PC MP (/ˌpɔːliˈɛv/ PAW-lee-EV;^[3][4] born June 3, 1979) is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the leader of the Official Opposition since 2022. He has been a member of Parliament (MP) since 2004.

Poilievre was born in Calgary, Alberta. He studied at the University of Calgary, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations. He then worked for Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day. Poilievre was first elected to the House of Commons following the 2004 federal election; he at first represented the Ottawa-area riding of Nepean—Carleton and then represented the re-established riding of Carleton. After holding various parliamentary secretary posts from 2006 to 2013 under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Poilievre served as Harper's minister for democratic reform from 2013 to 2015 and as his minister of employment and social development in 2015. From 2017 to 2022, Poilievre served as the shadow minister for finance and briefly as the shadow minister for jobs and industry. He ran for leader of the Conservative Party in its 2022 leadership election, winning on the first ballot. Poilievre has described himself as a libertarian-minded member of his party.

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