Marc Carrière (born 21 September 1964) is a politician in the

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, who was elected to represent the riding of Chapleau in the

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in the 2008 provincial election. He is a member of the

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. Born in

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, Carrière obtained a

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from the

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. He was a member of the municipality of

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council from 1992 to 1996 and was mayor of the same municipality from 1996 until his election in 2008 in which he won without opposition in 2000 and 2005. He was a

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for the Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County. He was also the president of the Conférence régionale des élus de l’Outaouais (CREO) from 2004 to 2008. Carrière became the first elected prefect of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais in the

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Electoral record

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Liberal Party biography
1964 births Living people 20th-century mayors of places in Quebec Politicians from Gatineau Quebec Liberal Party MNAs University of Ottawa alumni 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec 21st-century mayors of places in Quebec {{Quebec-mayor-stub