Claude Carignan
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Claude Carignan is a Canadian
lawyer and politician. The mayor of Saint-Eustache
, Quebec
from 2000 to 2009, he was named to the Senate of Canada as a Conservative
on August 27, 2009.
In the 2008 federal election
, Carignan was an unsuccessful Conservative candidate in Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
.
Carignan was admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1988 and specializes in labour and public law. He was a law professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal
and at the Université de Montréal
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
lawyer and politician. The mayor of Saint-Eustache
Saint-Eustache, Quebec
Saint-Eustache is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in western Quebec, Canada, west of Montreal on the north shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles....
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
from 2000 to 2009, he was named to the Senate of Canada as a Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
on August 27, 2009.
In the 2008 federal election
Canadian federal election, 2008
The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008...
, Carignan was an unsuccessful Conservative candidate in Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district)
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Geography:...
.
Carignan was admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1988 and specializes in labour and public law. He was a law professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal
Université du Québec à Montréal
The Université du Québec à Montréal is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Basic facts:The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québec , a public university system with other branches in Gatineau , Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec City, Chicoutimi, and...
and at the Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...
.