The Honourable Lawrence Cannon

Lawrence Cannon is a first-time Member of Parliament and was elected to the House of Commons in 2006.

Between 2001 and 2005, Mr. Cannon served as a city councillor in Gatineau. He was appointed president of the Société de transport de l’Outaouais in 2002 and in 2004 he was named president of the Association du transport urbain du Québec.

Mr. Cannon’s political involvement at the city level was preceded by a brief period when he was a consultant in the private sector.

He was a member of Quebec’s National Assembly from 1985 to 1994. Mr. Cannon held the posts of Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Minister of Communications in Premier Bourassa’s government.

Mr. Cannon holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from l’Université de Montréal and a master’s in business administration from l’Université Laval.

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