Étienne-Alexis Boucher is a

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politician. Boucher was elected to represent the riding of

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in the

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in the 2008 provincial election. He is a member of the

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. Boucher is a graduate from the

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where he obtained a

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and started studies for the

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in the same field. Boucher defeated the ADQ's Éric Charbonneau to gain the seat which was previously held before by his father Claude Boucher (who served from 1994 to 2007) whom he served as his

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. He was also a municipal councillor for the municipality of

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as well as a school commissioner for the

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School Board. Following an electoral redistribution, Boucher ran in the district of

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in the 2012 election, but was defeated by

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. In the 2014 election, he ran in the riding of

but was again defeated.

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