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

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

in Consumer Applied Science from Université Laval in 1978. He worked as an information officer at Cooprix Lanaudière,

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, and the Local Consumer Information Center, Saint-Félix-de-Valois, 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. P ...

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

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Political career

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

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before he ran in Rousseau in

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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 frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

. He ran for the

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in Repentigny in 2004 and lost.

Electoral record

Federal

Provincial

References

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