Jean-Marc Robitaille (born 11 September 1955) was a member of the

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from 1988 to 1993 and was the mayor of

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from 1997 to 2016. His career was in real estate. On March 15, 2018, he was arrested by the

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and faces criminal accusations of corruption and abuse of trust from his time as mayor.. Born in Lévis, Quebec, Robitaille was elected in the 1988 federal election at the Terrebonne electoral district for the Progressive Conservative party. He served in the

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after which he was defeated by

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candidate Benoît Sauvageau in the 1993 federal election. He became mayor of Terrebonne on 2 November 1997 and was acclaimed for another term in the 2005 municipal election. He was subsequently re-elected in

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, and

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