Guy Saint-Pierre

Guy Saint-Pierre, CC GOQ (August 3, 1934 – January 23, 2022) was a Canadian entrepreneur, business executive, politician and philanthropist.

[1] He also became the Chairman of the Board of the Royal Bank of Canada in 2001, being the first French Canadian to hold the position.

[2] Born in Windsor, Quebec, he was the son of Armand Saint-Pierre and wife Alice Perra.

In 1959, Saint-Pierre joined the army as an officer in the Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers at Camp Gagetown, New Brunswick.

Saint-Pierre lost his bid for re-election in the 1976 election against Parti Québécois candidate Denis Lazure.