Jacques Raymond (Ray) Chénier (born August 7, 1935, in Hanmer, Ontario; died November 2, 2022, in Timmins, Ontario) is a

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former politician, who represented the electoral district of

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in the

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from 1979 to 1984. He was a member of the

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. Chénier served as parliamentary secretary to the

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from 1980 to 1982. He did not stand for reelection in the 1984 election. He subsequently stood as the Liberal candidate in

Timmins—James Bay Timmins—James Bay (french: Timmins—Baie James) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. Its population in 2011 was 83,104. The district includes the extreme ...

for the 2004 federal election, but was not reelected to the House.

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1935 births Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Liberal Party of Canada MPs Living people Politicians from Greater Sudbury {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub