Yvon Charbonneau
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Yvon Charbonneau, PC
Queen's Privy Council for Canada
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 (born July 11, 1940 in Mont-Saint-Michel, Quebec
Mont-Saint-Michel, Quebec
Mont-Saint-Michel is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality.-Demographics:Population:* Population in 2006: 625 * Population in 2001: 619...

) is a Canadian
Canada
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 politician.

Charbonneau was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

 in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
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, representing the constituency of Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies from 1997 to 2004. He is a former administrator, consultant, professor, and unionist. In Parliament, he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness with special emphasis on Emergency Preparedness, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health.

He did not run in the 2004 election
Canadian federal election, 2004
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.

Charbonneau was also a member of the National Assembly of Quebec
National Assembly of Quebec
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 as a Liberal in the riding of Bourassa
Bourassa (provincial electoral district)
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 from 1994 to 1997.

Electoral record (partial)

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