Jean-Guy Laforest (born March 11, 1944) is a retired business owner and former political figure in
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
, Canada. He represented
Grand Falls Region in the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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from 1999 to 2003 as a
Progressive Conservative member.
He was born in
Grand Falls, New Brunswick
Grand Falls (french: Grand-Sault) is a town located in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada. Grand Falls is situated on the Saint John River. The town derives its name from a waterfall created by a series of rock ledges over which the river ...
, the son of Armand Laforest. He studied at the Bathurst Technical School. Laforest worked as a barber, then as a metal polisher, machine operator and later as a foreman at a manufacturing plant. From 1979 to 1987, he owned and operated a restaurant and night club in
Madawaska, Maine
Madawaska is a New England town, town in Aroostook County, Maine, Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,867 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Madawaska is opposite Edmundston, Madawaska County, New Brunswick, M ...
. He was a school bus driver in Grand Falls from 1990 to 1999. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 2003.
References
New Brunswick MLAs, New Brunswick Legislative Library(pdf)
1944 births
Living people
People from Grand Falls, New Brunswick
Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs
21st-century Canadian politicians
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