André Gabias (born May 20, 1956) is a lawyer, governance expert and politician in

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

, Canada. He holds a degree in

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from the

Université de Sherbrooke The Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS; Quebec English, English: ''University of Sherbrooke'') is a French-language Public university, public research university in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, with a second campus in Longueuil, a suburb on the Mont ...

, and has been a member of the Quebec Bar since 1981. Since 1984, he has taught law at the

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières The (, ''University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières'', UQTR), also known as "l'université du peuple", established in 1969 and mainly located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, is a public university within the network. As of April 2016, the uni ...

(UQTR) and was a member of the

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. He represented the electoral district of

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, ; ) is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...

and is a member of the

Quebec Liberal Party The Quebec Liberal Party (QLP; , PLQ) is a provincial political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955. The QLP has traditionally supported a form of Quebec federalist ideology with nuance ...

(QLP). Born in

, Gabias was first elected in the 2003 election, and originally served as the

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to the Minister of Public Security. In the spring of 2005, he was appointed as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade. Gabias is preceded in his political career by his father, past Trois-Rivières MLA and Union Nationale Minister

Yves Gabias Yves Gabias (December 8, 1920 – March 25, 2002) was a politician from Quebec, Canada. Background He was born on December 8, 1920, in Montreal and was a lawyer. He was the father of Liberal MNA André Gabias. Member of the legislature ...

, and his grandfather Joseph-Maurice Gabias, once Liberal MLA for Montréal—Saint-Henri and Assistant Mayor of the City of

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. Prior to serving as a member of the Quebec legislature, he maintained a private civil and commercial practice in municipal and administrative law. He is also the founder and President of the ''Jeune Chambre de Commerce'' (Junior Chamber of Commerce) of the

Mauricie Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making tourism in Mauricie popular. The region has a land area of 35,860.05 km2 (13,845.64 sq mi) and a popu ...

, and is the founder of '' Opération Nez rouge'' (Operation Red Nose) for Trois-Rivières. In the 2007 Quebec elections, Gabias lost the seat to the

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's Sébastien Proulx who had received the support of

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Yves Lévesque during the campaign. He served as board chair of the Musée québécois de culture populaire from July 2013 until March 2014, and was secretary general of UQTR from February 2008 until May 2014.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gabias, Andre 1956 births Living people People from Trois-Rivières Politicians from Mauricie Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Université de Sherbrooke alumni 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec