Michel Bellehumeur is a Quebec

Quebec

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 politician. He was the Bloc Québécois

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 Member of Parliament

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 for the riding of Berthier—Montcalm

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Born in Louiseville, Quebec

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, he was a lawyer before he was first elected in 1993

Canadian federal election, 1993

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. He was re-elected in 1997

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 and 2000

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. From 1994 to 1996 and in 1997, he was the Deputy House Leader of the Official Opposition and Bloc Québécois Deputy House Leader. He resigned on May 18, 2002.

In 2004, Bellehumeur was named as judge in the Montreal district by the Court of Quebec

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