Jean-Pierre Saintonge (born December 6, 1945) is an educator, lawyer, judge and former political figure in

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. He represented La Prairie from 1981 to 1989 and

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from 1989 to 1994 in the

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as a

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Biography

He was born in

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, the son of Bernard Saintonge and Yvette Patry, and was educated at the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-de ...

. He taught at the

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from 1967 to 1969, at the École Saint-Léon (adult education) from 1969 to 1972 and at the Cégep Ahunstic from 1972 to 1973. Saintonge was called to the

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in 1973. He served as President of the National Assembly from 1989 to 1994. Saintonge did not run for reelection in 1994. He practiced at Dunton Rainville. He was named judge in the

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in 1995. Saintonge was coordinator for the Court of Quebec in the Montérégie region from 2002 to 2007.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saintonge, Jean-Pierre 1945 births French Quebecers Judges in Quebec Living people Politicians from Montreal Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Université de Montréal alumni Vice Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec