Christian Jobin is a Canadian

Canada

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 politician and was the Member of Parliament

Canadian House of Commons

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 (MP) for the district of Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière from 2003 to 2004

Canadian federal election, 2004

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. He has been a Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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Jobin was the mayor

Mayor

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 of St-Étienne-de-Lauzon from 1993 to 2001. He ran in the 1998 provincial election in Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, but was defeated. He also ran for mayor in Lévis

Levis

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 in 2001 but he was defeated by Jean Garon

Jean Garon

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In 2003, Jobin won a by-election and became a Member of Parliament. In 2004

Canadian federal election, 2004

The Canadian federal election, 2004 , was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections...

 though, the number of Liberal MPs from Quebec

Quebec

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 significantly decreased and Jobin lost the merged seat of Lévis—Bellechasse

Lévis—Bellechasse

Lévis—Bellechasse, is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. It was created in 2003 from Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière and Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet ridings....

 to Bloc Québécois

Bloc Québécois

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 candidate Réal Lapierre

Réal Lapierre

Réal Lapierre is a Canadian politician and former École Pointe-Lévy geography teacher.Born in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Quebec, Lapierre started out in politics as city councillor in Beaumont, Quebec in 1971. In 1974 he became mayor where he remained until 1985. After a nine year hiatus, he...

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He is a former accountant, and is married with 5 children.