Marie Bouillé is a

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politician. Bouillé was elected to represent the riding of Iberville in the

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in the 2008 provincial election. She is a member of the

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. Bouille is a graduate from the Université Laval and the

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. She obtained a

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from Montreal University in 1979 and later obtained a

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at Laval in 1983. She also studied at the

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in 1984. Between 1994 and 1996, she was a juridical councilor for the cabinet of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and also worked for the government's Family Secretary in 1993. Between 1997 and 2006 she was the general manager for the Potato Producer Foundation (part of the

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) and was also the director for women agriculture workers of the UPA in the late 1980s. Prior to her political career, she was a member of several PQ sub-committees and commissions between 2000 and 2005. Prior to her election in 2008, she was also the candidate in Iberville in the

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but lost to the ADQ's

André Riedl André Riedl (October 10, 1940 - April 5, 2023) was a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was a Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Iberville from 2007 to 2008. Born in the Saint-Henri neighbourhood in Montreal on Octo ...

whom Bouillé then defeated in 2008, while Riedl was a member of the

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following a cross-over just before the election.

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