André Gaulin (born July 5, 1936) is a Quebec politician, he previously served as the member for Taschereau in the

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as a member of the

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from 1994 until 1998.

Biography

He obtained a

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, a

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, a

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and a

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from the Ecole normale supérieure in

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. a master's degree in letters from

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and a doctorate from the

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. he was known as Brother Marie-Conrad from his religious community Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes between 1956 and 1966. Gaulin went on to teach in elementary, high school and college, becoming a professor at

. President of the professors' union of École normale de Laval from 1968 to 1970 and then became President of le Association québécoise des professeurs de français from 1970 to 1972, he was the founding Co-President of the Mouvement Québec français in 1970 and member of its executive committee.

Political career

Gaulin ran in the 1994 Quebec provincial election for the seat of Taschereau and won handily serving as a backbench supporter of the

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and

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governments. He did not run again in the 1998 Quebec provincial election.

Career after politics

Gaulin was appointed

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in June 2001. Vice-President of the Association of Members of the

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, Québec chapter, in 2003, and then became president in 2004.

Awards

He received the honour of Chevalier of le

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in 1985, promoted to Officer in 1996 and Commander in 2006. In 2000, he was awarded the

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by the Société nationale des québécois de la capital, and the Prix Georges-Émile-Lapalme in 2003.André Gaulin Quebec National Assembly Biography
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Electoral Record

Provincial

References

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