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Lieutenant

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 (Ret.) Serge Ménard (born September 27, 1941 in Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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) is a 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....

 politician from Canada

Canada

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. He was a Parti Québécois

Parti Québécois

The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

Member of the National Assembly of Quebec

National Assembly of Quebec

The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...

) from 1993 to 2003 in the riding of Laval-des-Rapides

Laval-des-Rapides (provincial electoral district)

Laval-des-Rapides is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Laval which areas between Autoroute 15 and Autoroute 19 and between Rivière des Prairies and Autoroute 440...

, and in that time served under a number of Cabinet portfolios: Minister of Public Safety (1994-1996; 1998-2002; 2002-2003), Minister of State for the Greater Montreal & Minister Responsible for the Montreal Region (1996-1997), Minister of Justice

Minister of Justice (Quebec)

The Minister of Justice is responsible for the administration of courts and prosecutors in Quebec, Canada. The Minister is automatically the Attorney General, and Registrar of Quebec....

 and Attorney General (1997-1998) and Minister of Transport (2002-2003). A lawyer, lecturer and professor, Ménard was elected as a member of 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...

into the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 in the Canadian federal election, 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...

. He represented the riding of Marc-Aurèle-Fortin and was the Bloc Critic to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.

External links

• Serge MÉNARD at Assemblée nationale du Québec