Jean-Claude St-André (born September 27, 1962) is a Quebec provincial politician and was the Member of the
National Assembly of Quebec
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representing
L'Assomption
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for the
Parti Québécois
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.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts in social sciences from the
Université de Montréal
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in 1984 and subsequently studied business administration at the
Université du Québec à Montréal
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. After working for several years in business he became involved in politics joining the staff of the MNA for Anjou in 1992 and then serving in the office of the
Premier of Quebec
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,
Jacques Parizeau
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Early life and career
Parizeau was born in Montreal, Quebec, the s ...
from 1994 to 1996. As a youth he had campaigned for the "Yes" side in the
1980 Quebec referendum
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on
sovereignty-association
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and was also active with the PQ on the Anjou riding executive and as a campaign manager throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
On June 10, 1996, he was elected MNA for L'Assomption in a
by-election
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A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...
and was re-elected in the
1998
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and
2003 provincial elections.
Since May 2003 he has been spokesman of the
official opposition
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on birthrate and demography.
On August 25, 2005, St-André officially became a candidate in the
2005 Parti Québécois leadership election. He won 951 votes or 0.9% of ballots cast when the vote results were announced on November 15, 2005.
In the
2007 Quebec elections, St-André was defeated by the
ADQ's Eric Laporte by over 2,000 votes.
On November 8, 2008, members of the Parti Québécois put his name forward for the MNA for L'Assomption riding in the
2008 provincial election; however, Parti Québécois leader
Pauline Marois
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ruled his candidacy out, on the basis that the riding owes the party money, and St-André would not rally to the party line of placing a separatist referendum on the back burner.
References
External links
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1962 births
Living people
Parti Québécois MNAs
Politicians from Montreal
Université de Montréal alumni
Université du Québec à Montréal alumni
20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec
21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec