Luc Bernard Guindon (born July 31, 1943) is a Justice of the peace and former politician in

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, Canada. He served in the

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from 1985 to 1987, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.

Background

Guindon was born in

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, the son of Fernand Guindon and Claire Marie Rouette, and educated in Apple Hill, Ontario and

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, Quebec. He operated a family service station business from 1963 to the 1980s. In 1966, he married Nicole Germaine Ladouceur. Guindon is a member of the

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Politics

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1985 provincial election, defeating Liberal candidate Claude Poirier by 3,046 votes in

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. The Progressive Conservatives won a

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in this election, and Guindon briefly served as a backbench supporter of

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's government before it was defeated in the house. In opposition, Guindon served as his party's critic for Francophone Affairs and Intergovernmental Affairs. He was defeated in the 1987 election, losing to Liberal John Cleary by 1,586 votes.

Later life

He worked with an independent gasoline retailer in the 1990s. Guindon was appointed to Ontario's Assessment Review Board in 2000. In early 2003, he was appointed a justice of the peace in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guindon, Luc 1943 births Franco-Ontarian people Living people Politicians from Gatineau Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Canadian justices of the peace 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario