Rosaire Bertrand (born October 25, 1936, in

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) is an

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and a former

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. He was the Member of

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for the provincial riding of

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as a member of the

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from 1994 to 2007. Bertrand worked for 33 years in the insurance business as a chartered life

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, a certified insurance and a life insurance broker and was the president of two insurance firms from 1976 to 1997. He was also an administration member of the Junior Chambers of French Canada, the Canadian Life Insurance Association, the Association of

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Life underwriters, the Provincial Association of Quebec Life Underwriters and the Insurance Brokers Association of Quebec. He was also an active member of the Parti Québécois, being the president of the party in the

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region. Bertrand entered politics in

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and was elected for the first of four mandates in Charlevoix. During his first mandate he was the Chair of the Government Caucus from 1994 to 1996. After being re-elected in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

, he was the Delegate Minister responsible for the Capitale-Nationale region from 2001 to 2003. Bertrand was later re-elected in

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and

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. During his third mandate, he was the critic in

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. On August 13, 2007, Bertrand announced his retirement as MNA for Charlevoix, making way for PQ leader

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to be the candidate in a by-election.http://www.canoe.com/infos/quebeccanada/archives/2007/08/20070813-150227.html

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bertrand, Rosaire 1936 births Living people Parti Québécois MNAs 21st-century Canadian politicians