Sylvain Lévesque (born November 30, 1973 in

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) is a

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politician, who serves as a member of the

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. First elected for the riding of

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in the

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, he was defeated in the 2014 election. He was elected to the National Assembly in the 2018 election, representing the district of

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. Lévesque was a

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with ''

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'' publication from 2016 to 2018 where he blogged under the title "spin doctor". After being announced as a candidate for

; the '' Le Journal de Montreal'' kept his blog because his positions "can be disputable, his analyzes of political strategies are worth the detour".

Electoral record

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* 1973 births Living people Coalition Avenir Québec MNAs 21st-century Canadian politicians People from Lac-Mégantic, Quebec Politicians from Quebec City {{Quebec-MNA-stub