Sylvain Gaudreault
Sylvain Gaudreault | |
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Leader of the Official Opposition in Quebec | |
Assumed office May 6, 2016 |
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Preceded by | Pierre Karl Péladeau |
Leader of the Parti Québécois Interim |
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Assumed office May 6, 2016 |
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Preceded by | Pierre Karl Péladeau |
MNA for Jonquière | |
Assumed office April 25, 2007 |
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Preceded by | Françoise Gauthier |
Personal details | |
Born | Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada |
July 8, 1970
Nationality | Canadian |
Political party | Parti Québécois |
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Profession | teacher |
Portfolio | Energy |
Sylvain Gaudreault (born July 8, 1970) is a Canadian politician and teacher. He is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Jonquière in the city of Saguenay. He represents the Parti Québécois. On May 6, 2016, the party caucus chose him as interim leader following the resignation of PQ leader Pierre Karl Péladeau.[1]
Life and career
Born in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Gaudreault went to the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi and obtained a bachelor's degree in history. He also received a bachelor's degree in law at Université Laval and was admitted to the Barreau du Québec in 1996. He is also currently doing a master's degree in regional intervention and studies. He worked since 2001 as a teacher at CEGEP de Jonquière and worked for the newspaper Le Quotidien.
Gaudreault was elected in Jonquière in the 2007 elections when he defeated Tourism Minister Françoise Gauthier. He had faced controversy during the campaign, when radio host Louis Champagne attacked both Gaudreault and Parti Québécois leader André Boisclair for being openly gay.[2]
When the PQ formed government in 2012, Gaudreault entered Cabinet as Minister of Transport and Minister of Municipal Affairs, one of two LGBT ministers. While his stint in Cabinet only last 19 months due to the PQ's defeat in the subsequent election, he announced plans to extend the Montreal Metro's Blue Line to Anjou and the Yellow Line deeper into the Monteregie. As well, he became the point person on the government's plans to further electrify public transit across Quebec.
References
- ↑ "No stars shine on Parti Québécois horizon as party searches for leader", Globe and Mail, May 6, 2016
- ↑ "Boisclair responds to homophobic slurs", CBC.ca, March 1, 2007.
External links
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- PQ webpage (French)
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- Articles with French-language external links
- 1970 births
- French Quebecers
- Gay politicians
- Canadian LGBT people in provincial and territorial legislatures
- Living people
- Parti Québécois MNAs
- People from Saguenay, Quebec
- Université Laval alumni
- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi alumni
- Parti Québécois, Quebec MNA stubs