Gilles Robert (born March 5, 1955) is a Canadian politician and teacher. Robert represented the riding of Prévost in the

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from 2008 to 2012. He is a member of the

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. Born in

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, Robert first obtained a

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from the

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in history in 1977 and later added a certificate in educational sciences from the

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in 1995. During his 30-year professional career, Robert worked as a teacher from 1977 to 1978, from 1993 to 2007 mostly in history and

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at Académie Lafontaine. He was also a project coordinator and responsible for communications at Académie Lafontaine and was a journalist for 15 years at ''L'Écho du Nord''. In the 2012 election, he ran in the new riding of

but lost to the CAQ.

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