Benoit Cyr (born June 14, 1948) is a pilot, entrepreneur and former political figure in
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to ...
, Canada. He represented
Restigouche West
Restigouche West () is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Canada. It was used from 1974 through 2003, when it was split between the ridings of Restigouche-La-Vallée and Campbellton-Restigouche ...
in the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick () is the deliberative assembly of the New Brunswick Legislature, in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The assembly's seat is located in Fredericton. It was established in Saint John ''de jure'' ...
as a
Progressive Conservative member from 1999 to 2003.
He was born in
Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick
Saint-Quentin () is a town in northern New Brunswick, Canada.
Saint-Quentin is in the Restigouche region of the Appalachian Mountains, 50 kilometres west of Mount Carleton, the province's highest elevation.
The great majority of individuals ...
, the son of Wilfrid Cyr and Berthe Lévesque. Cyr was educated in Saint-Quentin and at the New Brunswick Technical Institute in
Moncton
Moncton (; ) is the most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of New Brunswick. Situated in the Petitcodiac River Valley, Moncton lies at the geographic centre of the The Maritimes, Maritime Provinces. Th ...
. He was owner and manager of Cyr Aviation.
References
New Brunswick MLAs, New Brunswick Legislative Library(pdf)
1948 births
Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs
Living people
20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
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