François Ouimet (born August 20, 1959 in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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) is a former Quebec politician and lawyer. He is the former Member of
National Assembly
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for the
riding of
Marquette in Montreal. He represented the
Quebec Liberal Party.
Ouimet studied at the
Université de Montréal
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and obtained a
bachelor's degree
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in
Canadian literature
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. He also received a bachelor's degree in civil law and common law at
McGill University
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Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous ...
. In 1989 he was admitted to the
Quebec Bar, the Canadian Bar and the Montreal Bar. He was a lawyer between 1990 and 1994 before jumping to provincial politics. He was a commissioner and president of the Catholic
School Board
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The elected council determines the educational policy in a small regional are ...
of Montreal.
Ouimet was first elected in Marquette in
1994
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and re-elected in
1998
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Events January
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,
2003,
2007,
2008
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,
2012
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and
2014. He served as opposition critic in
primary and
secondary education
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, justice and government services. Ouimet was re-elected in
2003 and was named the Chair of the Territorial Planning Commission. He was re-elected again in
2007 and named
parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Transport. He declined to run again in 2018 election and retired from politics after 24 years in the National Assembly.
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1959 births
Living people
Lawyers from Montreal
McGill University Faculty of Law alumni
Politicians from Montreal
Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
Université de Montréal alumni
Vice Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec
21st-century Canadian politicians
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