Martin Lemay (born March 19, 1964 in

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) is a politician in

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, Canada. He is the

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(PQ) Member of the National Assembly (MNA) for

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in the

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Background

He studied

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and

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at the

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. He also received a post graduate certificate in

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at the

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Montreal city politics

Lemay began his political career in municipal politics being a councilor for the district of Sainte-Marie in the Montreal region from 1994 to 1998. In 2000, he was president of the Ville-Marie borough. When Pierre Bourque tried to be elected MNA for the

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(ADQ), he became leader of Vision Montréal, which was then the Official Opposition party against

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Member of the legislature

In April 2006, he was elected in

, the former stronghold of

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and André Boulerice, in a

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, defeating the

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candidate Nathalie Malépart, who was the daughter of former MNA

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. This was the first election in which the

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party took part. Lemay had received the support of the SPQ Libre of Pierre Dubuc. At the time of his assembly nomination, Lemay asked

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to legislate on

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, trying to benefit from the recent resignation of

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. He was named spokesperson on Housing, replacing

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. After his 2007 re-election, he was named the PQ critic for Immigration and Cultural Communities.

Electoral record (partial)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lemay, Martin 1964 births French Quebecers Living people Montreal city councillors Parti Québécois MNAs Université du Québec à Montréal alumni People from Amos, Quebec 21st-century Canadian politicians

Background

Montreal city politics

Member of the legislature

See also

Electoral record (partial)

External links