Sylvain Rochon is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the

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in a

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on March 9, 2015."PQ clings to Richelieu as CAQ vote continues to grow; Liberals place third"
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'', March 9, 2015. He represented the electoral district of Richelieu as a member of the

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until 2018. Prior to his election to the legislature, Rochon worked as a journalist for local radio station

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, and as a political assistant to both Élaine Zakaïb, his predecessor as MNA for Richelieu, and Zakaïb's predecessor

Sylvain Simard Sylvain Simard (born April 26, 1945) is a politician and academic based in the Canadian province of Quebec. He represented Richelieu in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 to 2012, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Lucien ...

."Sylvain Rochon sera candidat à l'investiture du Parti Québécois Richelieu"
''Sorel-Tracy Magazine'', October 13, 2014.

Electoral record

References

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