Jean-Claude Gobé (born April 11, 1949) is a Quebec politician. He served as the member for

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in the

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as a member of the

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from 1985 until 2003. He left the Liberals to sit as an Independent shortly before his term in the National Assembly ended. Until resigning in 2018, he was the leader of the Official Opposition in the City of Laval as head of

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Biography

Gobé was born in Charleville,

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and studied at the College Sainte-Jeanne D'Arc in

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from 1967 to 1971, before emigrating to

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in 1972. After serving as a sales manager and then head of

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Canada, he was director of Ademco and then of Comterm. He was managing director of Norma Rental from 1980 to 1985.

Political career

Gobé ran in the 1985 Quebec provincial election for the seat of

against former

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minister

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and won with a narrow majority as

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became Premier for the second time. He served as a backbench supporter in the government and was re-elected in

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. He served as a parliamentary secretary in the short-lived government of Daniel Johnson Jr. He was reelected in

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and

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, never facing a serious challenge. On February 20, 2005, Gobé quit the Quebec Liberal party after Leader

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requested he step aside for

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. He subsequently did not seek re-election in

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. After some time working at Iris as the Vice President of Business Development, he ran for the

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federally in

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in the riding of

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and then in

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in the riding of

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, finishing a distant second both times. He then became an advisor to the ADQ leader

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and the head of the ADQ riding association in

until the party folded. In February 2013, Gobé founded the Action Laval party. He ran for mayor of Laval and lost to Marc Demers.Jean-Claude Gobé Quebec National Assembly Biography
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Electoral record

Federal

Provincial

Municipal

References

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