Jean-François Larose (born April 15, 1972) is a former Canadian politician who was elected to the

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in the 2011 election. He represented the electoral district of Repentigny, initially as a member of the NDP, then as a member of

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. Prior to being elected, Larose was a peace officer and a security guard. Larose has certificates from

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (; UdeM; ) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on M ...

in the areas of crisis management, violence and society, and police and security management. Larose ran in the

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, seeking the position of mayor of

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borough for the

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; he garnered 2.08% of the vote. In the 2011–12 NDP leadership race, Larose supported

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, serving as her campaign chair. Larose campaigned as a member of the NDP in the 2011 election, handily winning the riding of Repentigny. On October 21, 2014, Larose and Jean-François Fortin, the independent (formerly

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) MP for

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, announced that they were forming

, a new

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-focused political party dedicated to representing the province's regions. In the 2015 election, Larose contested in

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and lost to

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. He came in seventh, receiving 135 votes and winning only 0.24% of the vote.

Electoral record

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* 1972 births Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec New Democratic Party MPs People from Repentigny, Quebec Université de Montréal alumni Strength in Democracy MPs 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Quebec-MP-stub