Pascal Bérubé (; born February 16, 1975, in

Matane Matane () is a town on the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Matane River. The town is the seat for the La Matanie Regional County Municipality. In addition to Matane itse ...

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) is a Canadian politician and television host. He is the current Member of

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for the riding of

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(formerly

) and represents the

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. He was appointed interim leader of the party following the October 1, 2018 Québec election in which

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lost his seat and resigned the leadership. Berubé studied at

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and obtained a

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in education sciences. He later worked as a coordinator for

and La Haute-Gaspesie regional county municipalities and a political aide for the Minister of Education and the Minister of Regions. He was also a television host and researcher at

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in Matane, and the former vice-president of the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec. Bérubé was a candidate for Matane in the 2003 elections but was defeated by the Liberal Candidate Nancy Charest. In

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, he defeated Charest by just over 200 votes. He was named the PQ's critic in communitarian action but later promoted to the portfolio of financial aid for studies. He was re-elected in

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, and

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

. He was nominated Opposition House Leader by Jean-François Lisée in October 2016 and was named interim leader of the Parti Quebecois on October 9, 2018.

Electoral record

References

External links

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Bio from the Parti Québécois website

Pascal Bérubé named interim Parti Québécois leader
1975 births Living people Members of the Executive Council of Quebec Leaders of the Parti Québécois Parti Québécois MNAs People from Matane Université du Québec à Rimouski alumni 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{PartiQuébécois-Quebec-MNA-stub