Benoît Tremblay was a Canadian politician and a member of the House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1988

Canadian federal election, 1988

The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement ....

 to 1997

Canadian federal election, 1997

The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...

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Background

Tremblay was born on 16 March 1948 in Val-Brillant, Quebec

Val-Brillant, Quebec

Val-Brillant is a municipality in eastern Quebec at the base of the Gaspé peninsula. On the banks of the Matapédia Lake, Val-Brillant is part of the Matapédia Valley. Val-Brillant was established in 1890 by Father Pierre Brillant...

. He had a career in Economics

Economics

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 and Administration.

Municipal Politics

He successfully ran as a candidate of Jean Doré

Jean Doré

Jean Doré is a Canadian politician and former mayor of the City of Montreal, Quebec.-Background:Jean Doré studied law at the Université de Montréal, where he was president of the student union from 1967 to 1968. He received a Master's Degree of Political Science from McGill University...

's Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM)

Montreal Citizens' Movement

The Montreal Citizens' Movement was a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It existed from 1973 to 2001.-Origins:...

 for the district of Sault-au-Récollet in November 1986.

Tremblay resigned from the City Council on December 12, 1988, after he won a seat to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

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Federal Politics

He had been elected as a Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

 candidate in the district of Rosemont.

Following the 1990 implosion of the Meech Lake Accord

Meech Lake Accord

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, he left the Progressive Conservative party on 26 June 1990. He sat in Parliament as an Independent member and eventually became one of the first members to join the Bloc Québécois

Bloc Québécois

The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...

 party. He was re-elected in the 1993

Canadian federal election, 1993

The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...

 under his new party banner.

After serving in the 34th

34th Canadian Parliament

The 34th Canadian Parliament was in session from December 12, 1988 until September 8, 1993. The membership was set by the 1988 federal election on November 21, 1988, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1993 election.It was...

 and 35th Canadian Parliament

35th Canadian Parliament

The 35th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 17, 1994 until April 27, 1997. The membership was set by the 1993 federal election on October 25, 1993, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1997 election.It was controlled by...

s, Tremblay left Canadian politics as he did not seek a third term in the House of Commons.

Academic life

He is currently a Professor at HEC Montréal

HEC Montréal

HEC Montréal , is the independent affiliated business school of the Université de Montréal, and the oldest management School in Canada. It holds accreditations from AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA, one of three schools in North America to hold triple accreditation in management education...

 where he is also the Director of the Desjardins Centre for Studies in Management of Financial Services Cooperatives.

Electoral record (partial)

External links

• Website of the Desjardins Centre for Studies in Management of Financial Services Cooperatives
• Benoît Tremblay's Webpage @ HEC Montréal