Joseph Paul Benoit Lévis Brien (born March 21, 1955) is a Quebec politician. He served as the member for Dubuc in the

Quebec National Assembly The National Assembly of Quebec (, ) is the legislative body of the province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; ). The lieutenant governor of Quebec (representing the King of Canada) and the Nat ...

as a member of the

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from 1989 until 1998.

Biography

Brien earned his

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ...

in Consumer Applied Science from

Université Laval (; English: ''Laval University)'' is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, making it the oldest institutio ...

in 1978. He worked as an information officer at Cooprix Lanaudière,

Joliette Joliette () is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is considered to be a part of the North Shore of G ...

, and the Local Consumer Information Center,

Saint-Félix-de-Valois Saint-Félix-de-Valois () is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Matawinie Regional County Municipality. Quebec author Réjean Ducharme, recipient of several Governor General's Awards, was born in Saint-Félix ...

, from 1978 to 1984. He was a

public relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. Pu ...

officer at

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from 1984 to 1989. He was appointed commissioner for the Quebec Agricultural Markets and Foods Authority on February 5, 1999 and worked as a professor of English at the

Commission scolaire des Samares The Centre de services scolaire des Samares is a francophone school district headquartered in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, in the Canadian province of Quebec.

and the Commission scolaire des Affluents.

Political career

Brien was a municipal councilor from 1987 to 1989 for Saint-Gérard-Majella. He worked in the office of

René Laurin René Laurin (4 February 1940 – 21 January 2023) was a Canadian politician who was a member of the House of Commons from 1993 to 2000. Born in Joliette, Quebec, Laurin was a teacher in Joliette's public and secondary schools after receiving ...

before he ran in

Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher ('' philosophe''), writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

as the

formed the government. He was a backbench supporter in the Bouchard government. Brien did not seek re-election in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

. He ran for the

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Repentigny Repentigny () is an off-island suburbs, off-island suburb of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located North Shore (Laval), north of the city on the lower end of the L'Assomption River, and on the Saint Lawrence River. Repentigny and Ch ...

in 2004 and lost.

Electoral record

Federal

Provincial

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brien, Lévis 1955 births Living people Canadian public relations people Parti Québécois MNAs People from Joliette Politicians from Lanaudière Quebec candidates for Member of Parliament Quebec municipal councillors Université Laval 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec Université Laval alumni Liberal Party of Canada candidates in the 2004 Canadian federal election