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. He was elected Member of Parliament for Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj in the

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. He

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cabinet minister

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. He was previously a lawyer and journalist. In the

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, he was a candidate for the

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, and again in the

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, but was not elected.

Electoral record

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