Tarik Brahmi (born May 19, 1968) is a Canadian engineer and politician. He was the
Member of Parliament
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for the riding of
Saint-Jean from
2011
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, when he defeated incumbent
Claude Bachand
Claude Bachand (born January 3, 1951, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec) is a Quebec politician who represented the riding of Saint-Jean in the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 until 2011 as a member of the Bloc Québécois. Bachand was t ...
of the
Bloc Québécois
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, until 2015, and sat with
New Democratic Party
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caucus.
Born in
Lyon
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,
France
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, with a father from
Toudja,
Algeria
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, he graduated from the
Université de Montpellier
The University of Montpellier (french: Université de Montpellier) is a public research university located in Montpellier, in south-east of France. Established in 1220, the University of Montpellier is one of the oldest universities in the wor ...
in 1991 with a degree in Microelectronics and Control Engineering. He became interested in environmental causes in 1995, and worked in software development. He immigrated to Canada in 2002 and became a Canadian citizen in 2006. He was a candidate for the municipal council of
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu () is a city in eastern Montérégie in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec, about southeast of Montreal. It is situated on the west bank of the Richelieu River at the northernmost naviga ...
in 2009.
Prior to being elected to parliament, he worked as a senior interviewer for
Statistics Canada
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. Brahmi did not stand in the
2015 federal election.
Electoral record
Source
Elections Canada
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References
External links
Official Website*
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1968 births
21st-century Canadian politicians
Canadian people of Kabyle descent
French emigrants to Quebec
Living people
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
New Democratic Party MPs
Engineers from Lyon
People from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
University of Montpellier alumni
Canadian people of Algerian descent