Denise Poirier-Rivard (born May 19, 1941) is a

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politician. Poirier-Rivard was a

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member of the

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representing the

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Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Châteauguay—Saint-Constant () was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. Its population in 2006 was 107,165. Châteauguay—Saint-Constant was created in 2 ...

. First elected in the 2004 election. Poirier-Rivard was the Bloc's critic of the Agriculture and Agri-Food. Born in

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, Quebec, Poirier-Rivard was a cheese maker and farmer.

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