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Claude BÉCHARD
 Member
for Kamouraska-Témiscouata
Québec Liberal Party
Minister of Sustainable Development,
Environment and Parks
Deputy Government House Leader
Born in Saint-Philippe-de-Néri
(Lower St. Lawrence) on June 29, 1969
Education
Bachelor's degree in political science, Université Laval,
Québec (1991)
Master's degree in land planning and regional development, Université Laval,
Québec (1994)
Doctoral studies in public administration, Université Laval, Québec (1999)
Professional experience
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Research assistant, ministère du Conseil exécutif,
Secrétariat de la capitale (1991-1993)
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Teaching assistant, Land Planning Department, Université
Laval, Québec (1993)
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Political advisor with the office of the Premier of Québec
(1993-1994)
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Political advisor with the office of the Leader of the
Official Opposition (1994-1996)
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Advisor, public affairs firm, Québec (1996-1997)
Community and political activities
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Member, QLP Policy Commission (since 1993)
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Member, Canadian association of political science
graduates (since 1994)
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Vice-president, QLP (1997)
Political, parliamentary and ministerial functions
Elected as Member for Kamouraska-Témiscouata in the
by-election held on October 6, 1997
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Member, Committee on Labour and the Economy, December 1997
to October 1998
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Official Opposition critic for employment and labour
Reelected as Member for Kamouraska-Témiscouata in the
general election held on November 30, 1998
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Official Opposition critic for education, January 19, 1999
to October 19, 2000
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Member, Committee on Education, March 4, 1999 to October
24, 2000
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Member, Québec Section, Parliamentary Conference of the
Americas (COPA) until March 12, 2003
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Member, Delegation of the National Assembly for Relations
with the United States (DANREU) until March 12, 2003
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Official Opposition critic for energy and resources,
October 19, 2000 to March 12, 2003
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Member, Committee on Labour and the Economy, October 24,
2000 to March 12, 2003
Reelected as Member for Kamouraska-Témiscouata in the
general election held on April 14, 2003
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Minister of Employment, Social Solidarity and Family
Welfare, April 29, 2003 to February 18, 2005
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Minister responsible for the Bas-Saint-Laurent region and
the Côte-Nord region since April 29, 2003
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Member, Comité ministériel du développement social, April
29, 2003 to October 7, 2004
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Member, Comité ministériel de la prospérité économique et
du développement durable, April 29, 2003 to February 18, 2005
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Member, Comité ministériel de la citoyenneté et de la
culture, April 29, 2003 to October 7, 2004
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Member, Comité ministériel du développement social,
éducatif et culturel, October 7, 2004 to February 18, 2005
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Member, Comité ministériel à la décentralisation et aux
régions since October 7, 2004
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Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export
Trade since February 18, 2005
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Member, Comité des priorités, since February 18, 2005
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Chair, Comité ministériel de la prospérité économique et
du développement durable, since February 18, 2005
Statements and questions in the House and in committee
Office addresses
Ministry
Ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et
des Parcs
Édifice Marie-Guyart
675, boul. René-Lévesque Est
30e étage
Québec (Québec)
G1R 5V7
Phone: (418) 521-3911
Fax: (418) 643-4143
E-Mail:
ministre@mddep.gouv.qc.ca
Electoral Division
612, rue Taché
Saint-Pascal (Québec)
G0L 3Y0
Phone : (418) 492-7730
Fax : (418) 492-3274 E-Mail:
ministre@mddep.gouv.qc.ca 474, rue des Étudiants
Quartier Sully
Pohénégamook (Québec)
G0L 1J0
Phone : (418) 893-1053
Fax : (418) 893-1587 E-Mail:
ministre@mddep.gouv.qc.ca Free of charge phone numbers:
Pohénégamook: 1 866 646-9213
Saint-Pascal: 1 800 463-1251
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