François Rebello (born November 25, 1970) is a Canadian politician. Rebello is a former MNA in the province of Quebec. Rebello represented the riding of La Prairie in the

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in the 2008 provincial election, after an unsuccessful run in

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. He was elected as a member of the

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, but then joined the

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. He was defeated in 2012. On January 9, 2012, he announced he was joining the

Coalition Avenir Québec The Coalition Avenir Québec (, , CAQ) is a Quebec nationalism, Quebec nationalist, Autonomism in Quebec, autonomist and conservatism, conservative

, citing his admiration for its leader,

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. He had stated his loyalty to the Parti Québécois' chief,

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, a couple of weeks prior to his defection. He was the CAQ's fifth member of the National Assembly and the third to be a former member of the Parti Québécois. In the 2012 provincial election, Rebello ran for the CAQ in the new electoral district of

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, but was defeated by

Alain Therrien Alain Therrien (; born July 6, 1966) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of La Prairie in the 2019 federal election as a member of the Bloc Québécois. Prior to entering federal politics, he served as a member of ...

of the Parti Québécois.

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