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{{Infobox officeholder
| image          = 
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
|honorific-suffix = [[King's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]
| name             = Gerry Weiner
| caption = 
| office1        = Mayor of [[Dollard-des-Ormeaux]], [[Quebec]]
| term_start1    = 1982
| term_end1      = 1984
| predecessor1   = [[Jean Cournoyer]]
| successor1     = Ed Janiszewski
| office2        = Member of [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] for [[Dollard (electoral district)|Dollard]]
| term_start2    = 1984
| term_end2      = 1988
| predecessor2   = [[Louis Desmarais]]
| successor2     = District was abolished in 1987.
| office3        = Member of [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] for [[Pierrefonds—Dollard]]
| term_start3    = 1988
| term_end3      = 1993
| predecessor3   = District was created in 1987.
| successor3     = [[Bernard Patry]]
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1933|06|26}}
| birth_place    = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| death_date     = 
| death_place    = 
| spouse         = 
| party          = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] (Federal)
|}}

'''Gerald "Gerry" Weiner''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (born June 26, 1933) is a [[Canadians|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 Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] candidate in the [[1984 Canadian federal election|1984 election]], winning a [[parliamentary seat|seat]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] as [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Dollard (electoral district)|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 of Canada|Prime Minister]] Mulroney's [[Canadian Cabinet|Cabinet]] as [[Minister of State (Canada)|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 (division)|riding]] of [[Pierrefonds—Dollard]] in the [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988 election]]. In 1989, he became [[Secretary of State for Canada]]. From 1990 to 1993, he was [[Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship (Canada)|Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship]] in the cabinets of Mulroney and his successor [[Kim Campbell]]. He lost his seat in the [[1993 Canadian federal election|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 (Quebec)|Equality Party]], which was a party advocating the rights of [[English-speaking Quebecker|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 (politician)|Pierre Bourque]]. Weiner served on the city's executive committee.

Since 2017, Weiner has transitioned back to the private sector, as an Executive Director at APS Global Partners Inc. This esteemed business consulting company specializes in the Canadian Start-Up Visa program, facilitating the growth and success of aspiring entrepreneurs. 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  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. {{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

==Electoral record ==
{{1993 Canadian federal election/Pierrefonds—Dollard}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1988|percent=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Gerry Weiner|27,532|49.77}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Bernard Patry]]|22,244|40.21}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Pierre Razik|3,854|6.97}}
{{CANelec|CA|Rhinoceros (historical)|Jean-François Lafond|856|1.55}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|William Short|452|0.82}}
{{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|Hugh Rowe|302|0.55}}
{{CANelec|CA|Commonwealth of Canada|Michel Haddad|77|0.14}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|55,317|100.00}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1984}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Gerry Weiner|26,076}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Louis Desmarais]]|21,451}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Sid Ingerman|6,619}}
{{CANelec|CA|Rhinoceros (historical)|Rita Constantin-Truba|1,247}}
{{CANelec|CA|Parti nationaliste|Gisèle Hurtubise|978}}
{{CANelec|CA|Libertarian|Hugh Rowe|381}}
{{CANelec|CA|Commonwealth of Canada|Pascal Galasso|104}}
{{end}}

==References==
* {{cite book|title=Canadian Who's Who 1997|publisher=University of Toronto Press}}

==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=15708}}

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[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec]]
[[Category:Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada]]
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[[Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:Université de Montréal alumni]]
[[Category:Jewish mayors of places in Canada]]
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