Maxime Arseneau (born November 24, 1949) is a

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radio host and

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and former

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politician. He was the Member of

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for the riding of Îles-de-la-Madeleine. He represents the

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and was a former minister in the cabinets of Former Premiers

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and

Bernard Landry Bernard Landry (; March 9, 1937 – November 6, 2018) was a Canadian politician who served as the 28th premier of Quebec from 2001 to 2003. A member of the Parti Québécois (PQ), he led the party from 2001 to 2005, also serving as the leader o ...

. Arseneau served as MNA from 1998 to 2008. Born in Havre-aux-Maisons, Quebec, Arseneau went at the

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and obtained a

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in history and later received a certificate in

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at the

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in 1979. He then became a history and economics teacher for nearly 15 years. He was later an assistant director in the Department of Continuing Education at the Cégep de la Gaspésie et des Îles for 10 years. He would also host a show at CFIM, a community

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and would be active in politics being the president of the Parti Québécois in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine region twice, while he was the vice-president of the YES committee in the 1995 referendum. Arseneau was first elected as an MNA for Îles-de-la-Madeleine in 1998 and was named the delegate minister for tourism and the minister responsible for the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region. After Bernard Landry replaced Lucien Bouchard as Premier of Quebec, Arseneau was named in 2001 the minister of agriculture, fisheries and food. Arseneau was re-elected in 2003 and 2007. He was the PQ's critic in agriculture, fisheries and food. He did not seek re-election in the 2008 provincial elections.

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