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Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
2008 Results
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Party: Bloc Québécois
Age: 58
Education: Studied business management at the HEC Montréal, the University of Montreal's affiliated business school.
Career Background: Worked as a negotiator for various companies for the last 27 years. Since 1995, he has also been working as the provincial director for Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) and serving as vice-president of the Fédération des travailleuses et travailleurs du Québec (FTQ), the largest union in Quebec.
Community Activities: Currently serves on the board of SPQ Libre, a political movement in support of a sovereign Quebec. Recently served on the board of the Commission des partenaires du marché du travail, established by the provincial government in 1997 to enhance the skills of Quebecers in the workforce, in response to the federal government's employment measures of repatriation. Between 1993 and 1995, he served as a member of the Comité d’adaptation de la main-d’œuvre en aérospatial doe Québec (CAMAQ), an association of aerospace workers in Quebec.
Mailing address:
215 Saint-Laurent, Suite 108
Saint-Eustache, Que.
J7P 4W4
Contact information:
Telephone: 450 623-1144
Fax: 450 623-6802
Claude Carignan
Party: Conservative Party of Canada
Education: Law degree from Sherbrooke University and a master's in administrative law from the University of Montreal.
Profession: Lawyer
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Brigitte Binette
Children: Three - Jérémie, Jean-Francis and Anne-Charlotte
Career Background: Associate lawyer in the areas of civil litigation, labour relations, health law and social services law. Taught labour-law administration for the law faculties at the University of Montreal and the University of Quebec in Montreal, and is a trainer at Quebec's National School of Public Administration.
Electoral History
Municipal: Served as mayor of Saint-Eustache for eight years.
Contact information:
Telephone: 514-327-2007
Marie Martine Bédard
Party: Green Party of Canada
Birthplace: Montreal.
Profession: Ecologist
Children: Two children
Career Background: For over 10 years, she worked as an analyst for Martin Roy & Associates, an engineering firm.
Community Activities: She is a member of Fondation Rivières, an environmental group based in Montreal that aims to protect the region's rivers from pollution and other hazards. In 2002, she co-founded a citizens' committee. Since 2004, she has been sitting on the executive committee of the QuebecKyoto coalition.
Electoral History
Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in this riding in 2004 and 2006.
Mailing address:
1807, chemin Oka
Deux-Montagnes, Que.
J7R 1N3
Contact information:
Telephone: 514-880-2718
Fax: 450-623-9302
candidate@mariemartinebedard.ca
Denis Joannette
Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Profession: Businessman
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Jacqueline Savignac
Children: Mélissa, Christian and Denis Jr.
Community Activities: He sat on the Lac des Deux-Montagnes health and social service centre from 2004 to 2006 and chaired the financial audit committee in 2006. Also sat on the board of directors of the Chambers of Commerce of Saint-Eustache, Deux-Montagnes and Ste-Marthe sur le Lac. Additionally served as president of the Red Cross disaster relief division in Deux-Montagnes for three years.
Electoral History
Municipal: Elected city councillor of Deux-Montagnes.
Mailing address:
603 Chemin Oka
Deux-Montagnes, Que.
J7R 1L5
Contact information:
Telephone: 450-472-4334
Normand Beaudet
Party: New Democratic Party of Canada
Profession: Media consultant
Children: Three
Career Background: A specialist in multimedia production, he worked in the industry for more than five years. He also worked in the information technology field for the past six years. He currently works as a consultant in collaborative, electronic learning solutions, using free software.
Community Activities: His civic involvement dates back to the 1980s when he was active in non-violence and peace organizations. As a founding member of the Centre de ressources sur la non-violence (CRNV), a resources centre in educating and promoting non-violence, in 1987, he was regularly asked to be a trainer and speaker. He was a founding member of the Accès Nord Committee in 2000, and actively involved in the civic action seeking development of a rail line between Montreal and Saint-Jérôme in Basses-Laurentides. He started a task force to create schools teaching vocations specific to the region. He is also engaged in issues related to the École alternative des Ramilles, the local public school, and is actively involved with the Seigneurie des Mille-Iles school board.
Electoral History
Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in Terrebonne-Blainville in 2000 and 2004.
Contact information:
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