Marc Picard (born April 25, 1955) is a

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in the province of

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, Canada. He currently represents the Chutes-de-la-Chaudière district at the

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as a member of the CAQ. Born in Saint-Raphaël (Bellechasse), Quebec, Picard has a college diploma in

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for the Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon and worked for the Quebec Ministry of Revenue for 25 years as a

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. He also studied

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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 ...

. He also worked for the

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and the Saint-Jean-Chrysostome Helping Agency In 1999, Picard was elected to the council of the town of Saint-Jean-Chrysostome. Two years later, the provincial government

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a number of municipal governments including the one of Saint-Jean-Chrysostome to the city of Lévis. Picard served on the new city council until he won a seat to the provincial legislature for the

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(ADQ). Picard was first elected as a Member of the

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in the 2003 election. In 2007, Picard was easily re-elected with 59% of the vote.

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(PQ) candidate and former Bloc Québécois member of the

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Yvan Loubier Yvan Loubier (born April 10, 1959 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician and one of the founders of the Bloc Québécois. He was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada representing the district of Saint-Hyacinthe—B ...

, finished second with 18% of the vote. On May 8, 2007, Picard became Third Deputy Speaker of the

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. In the 2008 election, Picard won re-election with 45% of the vote, even though his party's support sharply declined. On August 22, 2009, he issued his support for

Éric Caire Éric Caire (born May 21, 1965) is a Canadian politician from Quebec, Canada, and the CAQ Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of La Peltrie. Early career Caire was born in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. He was the owner of a l ...

in the leadership race of the ADQ. Following Caire's defeat, he and Caire left the ADQ, complaining of the attitude of victor

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. On December 19, 2011 he joined the CAQ.

External links

Official website
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Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Picard, Marc 1955 births Action démocratique du Québec MNAs French Quebecers Independent MNAs in Quebec Living people People from Lévis, Quebec Coalition Avenir Québec MNAs Vice Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec 21st-century Canadian politicians