Norbert Morin (born December 16, 1945) is a

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politician in the province of

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. He is a member of the

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and is the member of the

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for

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electoral district. He was first elected to represent the riding of Montmagny-L'Islet in the

in the 2003 provincial election, but was defeated in the 2007 provincial election by Claude Roy of the

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. He was subsequently re-elected in the 2008 provincial election. Montmagny-L'Islet ceased to exist in the

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, and Morin ran and won in the newly created Côte-du-Sud. Prior to his election, Morin was a municipal councilor from 1974 to 2002 for the municipality of Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud and was mayor for the town in 2003 and in 2007. He was an administrative member for a local Desjardins bank, the Montmagny

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and CHSLD as well as the local tourism office. He was also president for the public safety committee and an administrator of the local development center of the

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. He is also the owner of a meat shop since 1990. During his first term, Morin was the

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to the Minister of Wildlife and Parks.

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