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Christian Lévesque (born May 29, 1970) is a politician from
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, Canada. He was an
Action démocratique du Québec The (, ), commonly referred to as the , was a right-wing populist and conservative provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defined itself as autonomist; it had support from nationalists and federalists. Its ...
Member of the
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for the electoral district of
Lévis Lévis () is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre-Laporte Bridge, connect we ...
from 2007 to 2008. Before his election, he served as President of the
Lévis Lévis () is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre-Laporte Bridge, connect we ...
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. He was also the owner and manager of a local store in Levis and was president of General Textiles International in
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,
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. He was a member of the
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in Ancienne-Lorette Lévesque was first elected in the 2007 election with 44% of the vote.
Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois (PQ; , ) is a sovereignist and social democratic provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. The PQ advocates national sovereignty for Quebec involving independence of the province of Quebec from Canada and establishi ...
(PQ) former cabinet member
Linda Goupil Linda Goupil (born May 13, 1961 in Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Lévis in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1998 to 2003.Liberal incumbent and cabinet member
Carole Théberge Carole Théberge (born December 14, 1953) is a marketing professional and former political figure in Quebec. She represented Lévis (provincial electoral district), Lévis in the Quebec National Assembly as a Quebec Liberal Party, Liberal from 200 ...
finished a close third with 25% of the vote. Lévesque took office on April 12, 2007. On April 19, 2007, he was selected to be the Official Opposition's Shadow Minister for the Treasury Board. In 2009, Lévesque announced his candidacy for the leadership of the ADQ.https://montrealgazette.com/news/Taillon+expected+announce+leadership/1531515/story.html In the 2012 election, he ran unsuccessfully for the CAQ in Bellechasse.


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* 1970 births Action démocratique du Québec MNAs Living people People from Lévis, Quebec Politicians from Chaudière-Appalaches 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Quebec-MNA-stub