Christian Jobin (born April 7, 1952) is a

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politician and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the district of Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière from 2003 to

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. He has been a

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. Jobin was the

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of St-Étienne-de-Lauzon from 1993 to 2001. He ran in the 1998 provincial election in Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, but was defeated. He also ran for mayor in

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in 2001 but he was defeated by

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. In 2003, Jobin won a by-election and became a Member of Parliament. In

though, the number of Liberal MPs from

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significantly decreased and Jobin lost the merged seat of Lévis—Bellechasse to

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candidate

Réal Lapierre Réal Lapierre (born August 5, 1944) is a Canadian politician and former École Pointe-Lévy geography teacher. Born in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Quebec, Lapierre started out in politics as city councillor in Beaumont, Quebec in 1971. In 197 ...

. He is a former accountant, and is married with 5 children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jobin, Christian 1952 births Living people Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada