Mathieu Traversy is a

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politician in the province of

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. Since 2021, he has been the mayor of

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. Previously, he represented the riding of

in the

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from the 2008 provincial election until his defeat in the 2018 provincial election. He was a member of the

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. Traversy attended the

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and later the

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in political science. He previously worked in the department of recreation for the city of

. Traversy defeated

Jean-François Therrien Jean-François Therrien (born 1969) is a politician from Quebec, Canada. He was an Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Terrebonne from 2007 to 2008. Therrien has a bachelor's degree in la ...

of the ADQ in the 2008 elections.

Electoral Record

* Result compared to Action démocratique

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