Sylvain Légaré is a politician in Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

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. He was an Action démocratique du Québec

Action démocratique du Québec

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 (ADQ) Member of the National Assembly of Quebec

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 (MNA) for the Vanier riding

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 from 2004 to 2008.

He studied financial planning at the Université Laval

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 and TELUQ, graduating in 2000, and has worked as a financial advisor since 1999. He owned a financial service firm in 2003. He also worked at Environment Canada

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 as a weather observer from 1997 to 1999.

He was president of the Charlesbourg

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 Arts Society , co-founder and member of the ADQ's riding association in Vanier, ADQ regional advisor for the Greater Québec region September 2003 to 2004, a logistics adviser for Biathlon Canada (2002–2004), and was a reservist in the 58th Air Defence Battalion of the Canadian Forces

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 for a very short time. He was also a coach

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 and referee

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 in hockey

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 and soccer for local minor leagues

Before his jump to provincial politics, Légaré was a candidate for city council in Quebec City

Quebec City

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 in 2001 but was not elected. He was elected as the MNA for Vanier in the by-election held on September 20, 2004

Quebec provincial by-elections, September 20, 2004

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. He has been a member of the National Assembly's committee on labour and the economy since October 20, 2004. He was re-elected in the 2007 elections

Quebec general election, 2007

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 and named the critic for leisure

Leisure

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 and sport

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 by Mario Dumont

Mario Dumont

Mario Dumont is a television personality and former politician in the province of Quebec. He was a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec , and the leader of the Action démocratique du Québec , from 1994 to 2009...

. He was defeated in the 2008 election

External links

• Sylvain LÉGARÉ at National Assembly of Quebec
  National Assembly of Quebec
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