Michel Morin (born March 27, 1948) is a Canadian politician. He was a three-term member of the

National Assembly of Quebec The National Assembly of Quebec (, ) is the Legislature, legislative body of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; ). The lieutenant governor of Que ...

, a parliamentary assistant from 1999 to 2001, and

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of the

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from 2001 to 2007.

Background

He was born on March 27, 1948, in Saint-Célestin, Centre-du-Québec and made career in education. Before he ran for office, he was a political activist with the Progressive Conservative Party, the

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and the

. He was the protégé of politician Louis Plamondon.

Political career

Morin successfully ran as the

candidate to the

in the 1994 election in the district of Nicolet-Yamaska. He was re-elected in the

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and

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. In 1999, Morin was appointed parliamentary assistant, a position he held until 2001. He also served as his party's House Whip from 2001 to 2007. Morin did not run for re-election in the 2007 election.

Electoral record

Footnotes

1948 births Living people Parti Québécois MNAs 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{PartiQuébécois-Quebec-MNA-stub