Jean-Pierre Blackburn

Infobox CanadianMP
honorific-prefix = The Honourable
name = Jean-Pierre Blackburn
honorific-suffix =
PC, MP


image_size = 225px
caption = Jean-Pierre Blackburn arrives at Rideau Hall to be sworn in as a cabinet minister
cabinet = Minister of Labour
Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
riding = Jonquière—Alma
parliament = Canadian
term_start = 2006 federal election
term_end =
predecessor = Sébastien Gagnon
successor =
riding2 = Jonquière
parliament2 = Canadian
term_start2 = 1984 federal election
term_end2 = 1993 federal Election
predecessor2 = Gilles Marceau
successor2 = André Caron
birth_date = birth date and age|1948|07|06
birth_place = Jonquière, Quebec
residence = Jonquière, Quebec
death_date =
death_place =
profession = Administrator, manager, professor
party = Conservative
Progressive Conservative
spouse = Ginette Laforest
footnotes =

Jean-Pierre Blackburn PC, MP (born July 6, 1948 in Jonquière, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. Blackburn is the current Conservative Party of Canada member of the Canadian House of Commons from the riding of Jonquière—Alma. He was elected in the 2006 federal election. On February 6, 2006, Blackburn was appointed Minister of Labour and Housing in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Cabinet. Blackburn also served as a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MP from 1984 to 1993 when he was defeated in Jonquière. In 1993, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence.

A businessman, Blackburn holds bachelor's degree in administration and a master's in regional studies and intervention from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. He has also been a manager, administrator and a professor. More recently, he has been the president of Blackburn Communications Inc.

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