Antoine Dubé (born 15 May 1947) was a member of the

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from 1993 to 2003. Born in

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, Dubé has worked in administration and recreation. In 1984, he unsuccessfully sought a seat in federal parliament with the

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. Dubé was elected in the

Lévis Lévis () is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec Bridge and the Pierre-Laporte Bridge, connect we ...

electoral district under the

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party in the

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and

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elections, serving in the

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, 36th and

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s respectively. The riding was renamed Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière in 1998, during his second term of federal office. Dubé left federal office on 17 March 2003 to seek the seat of Chutes-de-la-Chaudière in that year's provincial election with the

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, but lost to

Marc Picard Marc Picard (born April 25, 1955) is a politician in the province of Quebec, Canada. He currently represents the Chutes-de-la-Chaudière (electoral district), Chutes-de-la-Chaudière district at the National Assembly of Quebec as a member of the ...

. In the

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, Dubé sought election in

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as a candidate of the

. The seat was held by the Conservative Party's

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. He finished 4th with 11.53% of the vote behind Blaney, who was re-elected.

Electoral record

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