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Denis Coderre (born July 25, 1963) is a Canadian politician.
Born in Joliette, Quebec, Coderre ran unsuccesfully three times prior to being elected. First, in the 1988 elections in the riding of Joliette, losing to the Progressive Conservative candidate, Gaby Larrivée. Second, in a 1990 By-Election in the riding of Laurier--Sainte-Marie, losing to Gilles Duceppe. Third, in the 1993 elections in the riding of Bourassa, defeated by the Bloc Quebecois candidate, Osvaldo Nunez.
He was finally elected as a member of Parliament in 1997 representing the riding of Bourassa, located in Montreal North. He entered cabinet in August 1999 when he was appointed Secretary of State for Amateur Sport. He was re-elected in the November 2000 election. In January 2002, was appointed Immigration minister.
On December 12, 2003, Prime Minister Paul Martin appointed Coderre to join his new cabinet as President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada where he is responsible for a number of files, such as the creation of the new Public Service Human Resources Management Agency. He was also the Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians, the Minister responsible for La Francophonie, and the Minister responsible for the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution. Coderre was not re-appointed to Cabinet following the 2004 general election, in which he was re-elected in his riding.
As Minister of Immigration, Coderre supervised the application of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which came into effect on June 28, 2002. As Secretary of State for Amateur Sport, Coderre successfully negotiated a number of national and international agreements and helped to establish the World Anti-Doping Agency in Montreal.
Coderre is a political science graduate from the University of Montreal. His wife Chantal Renaud and he have two children, Geneviève and Alexandre.
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