Jean-Guy Paré (November 24, 1947 - December 26, 2020) was a Quebec politician, he was the former Mayor of

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from 2008 to 2013, he previously served as the member for Lotbinière in the

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as a member of the

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from 1994 until 2003.

Biography

Paré was born in

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He obtained a Bachelor of Education in

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in 1972. Completing his master's degree in

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and

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, at

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in 1976. He obtained a certificate in sports training in from the

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and obtained a master's degree in Public Administration from the National School of Public Administration. He served as a professor of physical activity from 1972 to 1984, also serving as Head coach of the Les Diablos football team at

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. He later served as executive director of the Training and Development Corporation at the same college and then became a Training services coordinator for various CEGEPs.

Political career

Paré served as a city councillor of Les Becquets from 1979 until 1989, He ran in the 1994 Quebec provincial election for the seat of Lotbinière and won by 283 votes over the incumbent Lewis Camden. He served as a backbench supporter in the government and was re-elected in

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, he served in various parliamentary secretary roles in the governments of

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and Bernard Landry. He was re-elected easily in

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. He became chairman of the Committee on Public Finance. He was defeated in the 2003 election by

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of the

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. After losing re-election, he worked as a Senior Counsellor for the Cégeps of

Drummondville Drummondville is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, located east of Montreal on the Saint-François River. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 79,258. The mayor of Drummondville is Stéphanie Lacoste. Drummondville is ...

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and

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. Before running in the

mayoral by-election to replace the late Raymond Dion. Paré won and served out the rest of the term before running un-opposed for re-election. He chose not to run for re-election in 2013.Jean-Guy Paré Quebec National Assembly Biography
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Electoral Record

Provincial

References

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