André Chenail (born July 12, 1946) is a farmer and former political figure in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

. He represented

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from 1989 to 2003 and

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in the

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from 2003 to 2007 as a

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. He was born in

Sainte-Clotilde, Quebec Sainte-Clotilde is a municipality in the Jardins de Napierville Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada, situated in the Montérégie Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities o ...

, the son of Fridolin Chenail and Évelina Catman, and was educated there, at Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, at the Collège de Laprairie and at Saint-Rémi. He was president and founder of Fermes du Soleil which specialized in the production and distribution of vegetables, and then Terres du Soleil, a company involved in real estate promotion. Chenail was a member of the municipal council for Sainte-Clotilde from 1973 to 1975 and 1976 to 1980 and mayor from 1982 to 1989. He was prefect for the regional municipality of Jardins-de-Napierville in 1987 and 1988. Chenail was elected in the 2003 election but was defeated by Albert De Martin of the ADQ when he ran for reelection in 2007.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chenail, Andre 1946 births Living people Quebec Liberal Party MNAs People from Montérégie 21st-century Canadian politicians

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