Marc Picard (born April 25, 1955) is a

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in the province of

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, Canada. He currently represents the Chutes-de-la-Chaudière district at the

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as a member of the CAQ. Born in Saint-Raphaël (Bellechasse), Quebec, Picard has a college diploma in business administration for the Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon and worked for the Quebec Ministry of Revenue for 25 years as a

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. He also studied accounting at

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. He also worked for the Canadian Mental Health Association and the Saint-Jean-Chrysostome Helping Agency In 1999, Picard was elected to the council of the town of Saint-Jean-Chrysostome. Two years later, the provincial government

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a number of municipal governments including the one of Saint-Jean-Chrysostome to the city of Lévis. Picard served on the new city council until he won a seat to the

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for the

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(ADQ). Picard was first elected as a Member of the

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in the

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. In

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, Picard was easily re-elected with 59% of the vote.

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(PQ) candidate and former

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member of the House of Commons of Canada, Yvan Loubier, finished second with 18% of the vote. On May 8, 2007, Picard became Third Deputy Speaker of the

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. In the 2008 election, Picard won re-election with 45% of the vote, even though his party's support sharply declined. On August 22, 2009, he issued his support for Éric Caire in the leadership race of the ADQ. Following Caire's defeat, he and Caire left the ADQ, complaining of the attitude of victor Gilles Taillon. On December 19, 2011 he joined the CAQ.

External links

Official website
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Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Picard, Marc 1955 births Action démocratique du Québec MNAs French Quebecers Independent MNAs in Quebec Living people People from Lévis, Quebec Coalition Avenir Québec MNAs Vice Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec 21st-century Canadian politicians