Laurent Lessard
Laurent Lessard (born October 28, 1962, in Thetford Mines, Quebec) is a politician and notary in Quebec, Canada. He was the Member of the National Assembly for the provincial ridings of Frontenac and Lotbinière-Frontenac from 2003 to 2018 in Central Quebec south of Quebec City. Member of the Quebec Liberal Party, he was the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Minister responsible for the Centre-du-Québec region which includes Victoriaville and Drummondville. Biography Lessard obtained a licence in law at the Université de Sherbrooke. He was a notary from 1989 to 1998 before being elected as mayor of Thetford Mines in 1999. He would also be a member of the executive committee of the L'Amiante Regional County Municipality, Quebec. He jumped to provincial politics in the 2003 provincial election and was elected in Frontenac. After being for nearly two years the Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Sport and Leisure he would become ...
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Thetford Mines
Thetford Mines (; Canada 2021 Census population 26,072) is a city in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality. The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, 187 km east-northeast of Montreal and 79 km south of Quebec City.Thetford Mines
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca It is known mostly as the asbestos capital of Canada.

History

Before European colonization of the Americas, European colonization, the Abenaki inhabited the Thetford Mines region. A villag ...
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