Jean Perrault (born May 28, 1945), is a

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politician, who served as mayor of

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( , ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François River, Saint-François and Magog River, Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territ ...

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from 1994 to 2009, and as president of the

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. In his capacity as president of the FCM, he was one of the most outspoken Canadian opponents of the "Buy American" provisions in the

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. He was first elected to the mayoralty of Sherbrooke in 1994. He announced in 2009 that he would not stand for re-election in the 2009 municipal election.

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