Albert Khelfa
| Albert Khelfa | |
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| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Richelieu | |
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In office 1985–1994 |
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| Preceded by | Maurice Martel |
| Succeeded by | Sylvain Simard |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 11, 1945 Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Profession | teacher, consultant |
Albert Khelfa (born January 11, 1945) is a Canadian former politician. Khelfa served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 1994 as a member of the Liberal Party.
Khelfa was born in Cairo, Egypt, and received a diploma in dental surgery from the University of Cairo. After moving to Canada, he earned a Bachelor's Degree in education and a certificate in business administration from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and a certificate in testing and assessment from the University of Montreal. He was a secondary school teacher in comparative biology and human biology in Sorel from 1969 to 1983 and taught English at the primary level from 1983 to 1985. He also served on the executive of the Teachers' Union of Sorel from 1976 to 1980 and was president of the Sorel-Tracy Multicultural Group from 1978 to 1980.
Khelfa was first elected to the Quebec legislature in the 1985 general election, defeating Parti Québécois cabinet minister Maurice Martel in the Richelieu division. The Liberals won a majority government in this election under Robert Bourassa, and Khelfa entered the legislature as a government backbencher. He was appointed to the legislative committee on education and culture in 1986. In 1988, he supported the Bourassa government's compromise on Quebec's language laws, in which only francophone signs, billboards, and posters were permitted outdoors but bilingual signs were allowed indoors.
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