Jean-Pierre Soucy (born December 20, 1952) is an educator, civil servant and former politician in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

. He represented Portneuf in the

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from 2003 to 2007 as a

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. He was born in

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, the son of André Soucy and Gérardine Côté, and was educated at the

Université Laval Université Laval is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university was founded by royal charter issued by Queen Victoria in 1852, with roots in the founding of the Séminaire de Québec in 1663 by François de Montmo ...

, the

Université du Québec à Montréal The Université du Québec à Montréal (English: University of Quebec in Montreal), also known as UQAM, is a French-language public university based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québe ...

and the

Université de Sherbrooke The University of Sherbrooke ( French: Université de Sherbrooke) (UdS) is a large public French-language university in Quebec, Canada with campuses located in Sherbrooke and Longueuil, a suburb of Montreal approximately west of Sherbrooke. It ...

. He taught English and Physical Education at Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier. Soucy was director general for

Fossambault-sur-le-Lac Fossambault-sur-le-Lac is a city in the south part of Quebec, Canada, in La Jacques-Cartier Regional County Municipality, just north of Quebec City. It had a population of 2,327 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is located near Saint-Joseph Lake. ...

from 1995 to 1999 and for the Regional Municipality of Portneuf from 2000 to 2003. He was mayor of Shannon from 1989 to 1995 and prefect for

Jacques-Cartier Jacques-Cartier is an electoral district in the West Island of Montreal, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It is the only provincial electoral district in Quebec with an Anglophone majority. It notably includes th ...

from 1993 to 1995. In 2007, he became director general for the Portneuf school board.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soucy, Jean-Pierre 1952 births Living people Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Mayors of places in Quebec 21st-century Canadian politicians