Blair Suffredine is a

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politician. He served as a

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Member of the

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, representing the riding of

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from 2001 until his defeat in the 2005 provincial election. On May 24, 2010, Suffredine was a passenger in a small plane that crashed in

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. He was unharmed. Suffredine was counsel for the defence in the 2017 trial of

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leader

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for

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Blair Suffredine
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