Mario Dumont
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Mario Dumont MNA |
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| Leader of the Opposition (Quebec) | |
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In office March 26, 2007 – November 5, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | André Boisclair |
| Succeeded by | Pauline Marois |
| Leader of the ADQ | |
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In office 1994 – March 6, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Jean Allaire |
| Succeeded by | Sylvie Roy (interim) |
| MNA for Rivière-du-Loup | |
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In office September 12, 1994 – March 6, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Albert Côté |
| Succeeded by | Jean D'Amour |
| Personal details | |
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May 19, 1970 Cacouna, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party |
Parti libéral du Québec (1985–1994) Action démocratique du Québec (1994-2009) |
| Spouse(s) | Marie-Claude Barrette |
| Children | Angela Charles Juliette |
| Alma mater |
Concordia University (A.B.) University of Montreal |
| Profession | Television presenter |
Mario Dumont (born May 19, 1970, in Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna, Quebec) is a television personality and former politician in Quebec, Canada. He was a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA), and the leader of the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), from 1994 to 2009. After the 2007 Quebec election, Dumont obtained the post of Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly.
Following his party's poor showing in the 2008 Quebec election, he announced his resignation as ADQ leader, and subsequently joined the television network V to host a daily news and talk show, Dumont, which began in 2009. He left that network in 2012 to join the all-news channel LCN.
Dumont and his wife, Marie-Claude Barrette, have three children: Angela, Charles, and Juliette. Dumont obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Concordia University in 1993, and completed some graduate work at the Université de Montréal.
Dumont bought his first membership card in the Liberal Party of Quebec at age 15. He stated to his school friends that in the future he would be Quebec's premier. Dumont was a former President of the Liberal Party's Youth Commission, but had a falling out with the party following the rejection of the Allaire Report proposing maximalist powers for Quebec after the collapse of the Meech Lake Accord.
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