Gerry St. Germain

Gerry St. Germain, PC (born November 6, 1937) is a Canadian politician.

St. Germain had various jobs prior to entering politics, working variously as a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, police officer (Winnipeg and Vancouver Police Departments), building contractor, businessman and poultry farmer. Born in Manitoba, he moved to British Columbia.

A strong Tory supporter, St. Germain was parachuted as a Progressive Conservative into the Mission-Port Moody riding for the byelection there in 1983. St. Germain was elected to as a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons through a by-election held on the same day in 1983 that Brian Mulroney was elected.

St. Germain was Member of Parliament for the now defunct riding of Mission-Port Moody from then until 1993. In March 1988, St. Germain joined the Canadian Cabinet (the first Métis to do so) as Minister of State for Transport and was later appointed as Minister of Forestry. He was also the Political Minister for BC at this time.

After his riding's boundaries were changed into the new riding of Mission-Coquitlam, St. Germain was defeated in the November 1988, General Election by Joy Langan. From 1989 to 1995, he was the President of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. In June 1993, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate just prior to Mulroney's retirement as Prime Minister of Canada.

In 1998, while still a Progressive Conservative, St. Germain explored the United Alternative option, formed by Reform Party of Canada...
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