André Chenail (born July 12, 1946) is a farmer and former political figure in
Quebec
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. He represented
Beauharnois-Huntingdon from 1989 to 2003 and
Huntingdon
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in the
National Assembly of Quebec
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from 2003 to 2007 as a
Liberal.
He was born in
Sainte-Clotilde, Quebec, the son of Fridolin Chenail and Évelina Catman, and was educated there, at Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson, at the Collège de Laprairie and at
Saint-Rémi. He was president and founder of Fermes du Soleil which specialized in the production and distribution of vegetables, and then Terres du Soleil, a company involved in real estate promotion. Chenail was a member of the municipal council for Sainte-Clotilde from 1973 to 1975 and 1976 to 1980 and mayor from 1982 to 1989. He was prefect for the regional municipality of Jardins-de-Napierville in 1987 and 1988. Chenail was elected in the
2003 election
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Africa
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but was defeated by
Albert De Martin of the
ADQ when he ran for reelection in
2007
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.
See also
*
Politics of Quebec
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References
External links
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1946 births
Living people
Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
People from Montérégie
21st-century Canadian politicians