Ghislain Maltais
| The Honourable Ghislain Maltais |
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| Senator for Shawinegan, Quebec | |
| Assumed office January 6, 2012 |
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| Appointed by | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Lucie Pépin |
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| Born | April 22, 1944 |
| Political party | Conservative |
Ghislain Maltais (born April 22, 1944) is a Canadian politician. He was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Stephen Harper on January 6, 2012 and sits as a Conservative representing the Senate division of Shawinegan (Quebec).
He was born in Sacré-Coeur, Quebec and studied at the Université du Québec à Rimouski. Maltais was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate in the 1981 Quebec election, but won a by-election on June 20, 1983. He was a member of the Quebec National Assembly representing Saguenay from 1983 until 1994, when he did not run for re-election.[1] He was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate in the 1997 federal election in Charlevoix.
Prior to being appointed to the Senate, Maltais was a political organizer for the Conservative Party of Canada.[2] He worked on contract for the Conservative Party from 2006 to 2007, and has been the director of the Conservative Party in Quebec since 2009.[3]
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| Preceded by | MNA for Saguenay 1983–1994 |
Succeeded by Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon (Parti Québécois) |
References
External links
- Senate biography
- Ghislain Maltais – Parliament of Canada biography
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Presiding officer: Speaker George Furey (Ind. L.)
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