Claude Cousineau MNA |
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Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Bertrand | |
Assumed office November 30, 1998 |
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Preceded by | Denis Chalifoux |
Personal details | |
Born |
Montreal, Quebec |
February 20, 1950
Political party | Parti Québécois |
Profession | Teacher |
Portfolio | Research, development and technology innovation |
Claude Cousineau (born February 20, 1950 in Montreal, Quebec) is a politician and teacher in Quebec, Canada. He represents the constituency of Bertrand in the National Assembly. He represents the Parti Québécois since 1998.
Cousineau studied at the Université du Québec à Montréal and obtained a bachelor's degree in cellular and molecular biology. He also received a certificate in education at the same university. He was a teacher from 1975 to 1978 at a secondary school in Montreal and a science and mathematics teacher at Collège Charles-Lemoyne between 1978 and 1985. He was a program coordinator for three years at the same college and was the general manager of the Académie Laurentienne located near Sainte-Adèle in the Laurentians.
He was also the mayor and councillor of the town of Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides. He was mayor of the municipality from 1989 to 1998 and was also the Chairman in 1982 of an urban planning Commission. He was involved in the economic development in the Laurentians region particularly in Municipalité régionale de comté (MRC) des Laurentides in which he served as and was president of a regional economic development corporation in 1996. He was also a board member of the Québec Regional County Municipality Association.