Ray St. Germain is a musician, author, and radio show host. He was the 2006 federal Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 candidate for the Winnipeg Centre

Winnipeg Centre

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 constituency.

St. Germain wrote, produced, and hosted the nationally-syndicated, award-winning, Big Sky Country that aired for 13 years on Global Television

Global Television Network

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. He also worked with The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

APTN National News

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 (APTN), producing and hosting the series Rhythms of the Métis. He is also a voice actor

Voice acting

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 for the children’s series Tipi Tales that airs on the Treehouse Network

Treehouse TV

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 and APTN.

St. Germain has hosted over 600 television shows on CBC Television

CBC Television

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, Global Television Network

Global Television Network

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, and APTN. He has been an on-air personality and program manager with NCI-FM Radio for seven years and hosts a program called the Métis Hour X2 on Saturday mornings for the Manitoba Métis Federation. St. Germain has entertained Canadian Forces

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 stationed overseas with concerts in Germany

Germany

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, Israel

Israel

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, and Cyprus

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St. Germain has received awards for his contributions to Canadian culture, including the Aboriginal Order of Canada, the Order of the Sash – Saskatoon and Prince Albert, and a position on the Aboriginal Wall of Honour in the Winnipeg Friendship Centre. St. Germain was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame

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 in 2010.

He currently lives in Winnipeg, and has five children (Chrystal, Cathy, Ray, DJ, and Sherry) and four grandchildren (Jeff, Jordan, Catie, and Cody).

His daughter, Sherry St. Germain was a Top 30 semifinalist in season one of Canadian Idol

Canadian Idol

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Albums

Year	Album
1968	Ray St. Germain
1969	Time for Livin
1978	Ray St. Germain
1983	Ray St. Germain Live
1985	Thank God, I'm Métis
1990	There's No Love Like Our Love
1996	Greatest Hits Vol. 1
2003	My Many Moods
2005	Family Christmas
2007	Show Me the Way to Jerusalem
2008	Life Ain't Hard

Singles

Year	Single	CAN Country	Album
1978	"Please Don't Hurt Me"	28	Ray St. Germain
1979	"Thank You for Loving Me"	41
1980	"Anyway You Want Me"	37	single only