Maxime Arseneau (born 24 November 1949) is a

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radio host and

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and former

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politician. He was the Member of

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for the riding of Îles-de-la-Madeleine. He represents the

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and was a former minister in the cabinets of Former

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and

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. Arseneau served as MNA from 1998 to 2008. Born in Havre-aux-Maisons (Village), Quebec, Arseneau went at the

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and obtained a

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in history and later received a certificate in

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at the

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in 1979. He then became a history and economics teacher for nearly 15 years. He was later an assistant director in the Department of Continuing Education at the

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for 10 years. He would also host a show at CFIM, a community

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and would be active in politics being the president of the Parti Québécois in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine region twice, while he was the vice-president of the YES committee in the

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. Arseneau was first elected as an MNA for Îles-de-la-Madeleine in

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

and was named the delegate minister for tourism and the minister responsible for the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine region. After Bernard Landry replaced Lucien Bouchard as Premier of Quebec, Arseneau was named in 2001 the minister of agriculture, fisheries and food. Arseneau was re-elected in

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

and

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

. He was the PQ's critic in agriculture, fisheries and food. He did not seek re-election in the 2008 provincial elections.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arseneau, Maxime 1949 births Living people Parti Québécois MNAs Université de Montréal alumni Université du Québec à Montréal alumni 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec