Pierre Brien (born 22 June 1970 in

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) was a

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from 25 October 1993 to 14 March 2003. By career, he has worked in administration and economics. Brien was elected in the Témiscamingue electoral district under the

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party in the 1993, 1997 and 2000 elections, serving in the

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, 36th and

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s respectively. He had served as the party's

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from 15 August 2001 until 16 December 2002. Brien left the Bloc Québécois following his decision to seek a seat in the

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with the

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(ADQ). He remained in federal Parliament as an independent Member of Parliament from 16 January 2003 until he resigned from federal politics on 14 March 2003. He became the ADQ's candidate in the provincial

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riding, but he and

Rémy Trudel Rémy Trudel (born April 20, 1948) is a university professor and a former Quebec politician. A member of the Parti Québécois, he served as Member of the National Assembly for Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue from 1989 to 2003. In 1988, he was one ...

of the

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both lost against

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Daniel Bernard in the 2003 Quebec election.

References

External links

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CBC News: Quebec Votes 2003: Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue profile
1970 births Living people Bloc Québécois MPs French Quebecers Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec People from Abitibi-Témiscamingue 21st-century Canadian politicians {{BlocQuébécois-MP-stub