Dany Morin (born 19 December 1985) is a

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businessman and former politician, who served in the

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from 2011 to 2015. He represented the electoral district of

Chicoutimi—Le Fjord Chicoutimi—Le Fjord (formerly known as Chicoutimi) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1925. The riding consists of the northern part of the Chicoutimi borough ...

as a member of the

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. A

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, he was one of five openly

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candidates elected to Parliament in the 2011 election. He served as the NDP associate critic for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and transsexual issues, alongside lead critic Randall Garrison. Morin was defeated in the 2015 election by Liberal

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. Following his electoral defeat, he launched Monsieur Fulgence, an

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project to promote local artisans and craftspeople from the

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (, ) is a region in Quebec, Canada on the Labrador Peninsula. It contains the Saguenay Fjord, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region. It is also known as Sagamie in French, from the fi ...

region.

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