Ghislain Maltais
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The Honourable Ghislain Maltais |
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| Senator for Shawinegan, Quebec | |
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Assumed office January 6, 2012 |
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| Nominated by | Stephen Harper |
| Appointed by | David Johnston |
| Preceded by | Lucie Pépin |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saguenay | |
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In office June 20, 1983 – September 12, 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Lucien Lessard |
| Succeeded by | Gabriel-Yvan Gagnon |
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April 22, 1944 Sacré-Coeur, Quebec |
| Political party | Conservative |
Ghislain Maltais (born April 22, 1944) is a Canadian politician. He was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Stephen Harper on January 6, 2012 and sits as a Conservative representing the Senate division of Shawinegan (Quebec).
He was born in Sacré-Coeur, Quebec and studied at the Université du Québec à Rimouski.
Maltais was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate in the 1981 Quebec election, but won a by-election on June 20, 1983. He was a member of the Quebec National Assembly representing Saguenay from 1983 until 1994, when he did not run for re-election. He was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate in the 1997 federal election in Charlevoix.
Prior to being appointed to the Senate, Maltais was a political organizer for the Conservative Party of Canada. He worked on contract for the Conservative Party from 2006 to 2007, and has been the director of the Conservative Party in Quebec since 2009.
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