André Boisclair
| André Boisclair | |
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Boisclair debating in 2005
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| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office August 21, 2006 – May 26, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Louise Harel |
| Succeeded by | Mario Dumont |
| Leader of the Parti Québécois | |
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In office November 15, 2005 – May 8, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Louise Harel (interim) |
| Succeeded by | François Gendron (interim) |
| MNA for Pointe-aux-Trembles | |
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In office August 14, 2006 – November 15, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Nicole Léger |
| Succeeded by | Nicole Leger |
| MNA for Gouin | |
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In office September 25, 1989 – August 17, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Jacques Rochefort |
| Succeeded by | Nicolas Girard |
| Minister of the Environment | |
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In office 2002 – April 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Bégin |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Mulcair |
| Personal details | |
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April 14, 1966 Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Parti Québécois |
| Alma mater |
Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf Harvard Kennedy School |
| Profession | Politician |
André Boisclair (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃dʁe bwaklɛʁ]; born April 14, 1966 in Montreal, Quebec) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the leader of the Parti Québécois, a social democratic and sovereigntist party in Quebec.
Between January 1996 and March 2003, Boisclair served as Citizenship and Immigration Minister and Social Solidarity Minister under former Premier of Quebec Lucien Bouchard and as Environment Minister under former Premier Bernard Landry. He won the Parti Québécois leadership election on November 15, 2005.
Boisclair announced he was stepping down as leader of the PQ on May 8, 2007.François Gendron was named interim leader.
Boisclair grew up in the affluent francophone Montreal neighbourhood of Outremont. While attending Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, a private CEGEP, he became the president of the Federation of Quebec College Students (in French, FECQ). After graduation he attended Université de Montréal, but dropped out after two years.
He joined the Parti Québécois in 1984, and in the 1989 general election he was elected to represent the Montreal-area riding of Gouin as a PQ candidate. At 23 years old, he became the youngest member ever elected to the Quebec National Assembly, a record he held until Simon-Pierre Diamond was elected in 2007. He also quickly garnered a reputation as a party animal in Quebec City's night-life scene.
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