Réal Ménard
| Réal Ménard | |
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| Member of Parliament for Hochelaga—Maisonneuve |
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In office 1993–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Allan Koury |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Member of Parliament for Hochelaga |
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In office 2004–2009 |
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| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Paillé |
| Borough Mayor of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and Montreal City Councillor | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Lyn Thériault |
| Personal details | |
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May 13, 1962 Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party |
Bloc Québécois Coalition Montréal Vision Montréal (formerly) |
| Residence | Montreal |
| Profession | Political scientist |
Réal Ménard (born May 13, 1962 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, who was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2009. He was the second Canadian Member of Parliament to come out as gay (the first being Svend Robinson).
Ménard is a political scientist with B.A. and M.A. degrees and also holds his law degree from the University of Ottawa.
He first stood for federal office in the 1984 federal election as candidate for the small Parti nationaliste du Québec in Hochelaga–Maisonneuve. Defeated in this first try, he contested the riding in the 1993 election for the new and larger Bloc Québécois. He was elected, and re-elected in the riding in the 1997 and 2000 elections. Following redistricting, he was re-elected in the new riding of Hochelaga in the 2004, 2006 and 2008 federal elections.
Early in his parliamentary career, he served variously as Bloc critic for Health, for science, research and development, for Labour, for National Defence, and for the Federal Office of Regional Development-Quebec. From 1998 to June 29, 1999, he was critic for Citizenship and Immigration and for public housing.
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