Ghislain Maltais (born April 22, 1944) is a Canadian politician. He served in the

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from January 6, 2012 to April 22, 2019 as a Conservative representing the Senate division of Shawinegan (Quebec).

Early life and education

He was born in

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and studied at the Université du Québec à Rimouski.

Political career

Maltais was an unsuccessful

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candidate in the 1981 Quebec election, but won a

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on June 20, 1983. He was a member of the

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representing Saguenay from 1983 until 1994, when he did not run for re-election. He was an unsuccessful

candidate in the 1997 federal election in Charlevoix. Prior to being appointed to the Senate by

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, Maltais was a political organizer for the

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. 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.

References

External links

Senate biography
* * 1944 births Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Canadian senators from Quebec Conservative Party of Canada senators French Quebecers Living people 21st-century Canadian politicians {{Quebec-senator-stub