Normand Poulin (born September 18, 1954) was a

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politician, and a two-term Member of the

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Early life

Normand Poulin was born in Beauceville in 1954. His father owned a local taxi company. Poulin was educated at the

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and later

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, where he received his

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in finance. Poulin began working in business and finance in the local region, first working for Banque Nationale du Canada in 1978. He later shifted his focus to economic development. He served in a variety of capacities in local development, becoming the

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of the City of Beauceville from 1990 to 1994.

Member of the National Assembly

Poulin ran for the

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in the riding of

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in the hotly contested 1994 election. In an election that saw the sitting Liberal government defeated by the

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, Poulin won his seat by less than 200 votes. Poulin was re-elected in the 1998 election, but defeated in the 2003 election, when Janvier Grondin, the

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candidate, defeated Poulin by over 2000 votes.

Post-Political life

After his defeat, Poulin became a part of the Quebec civil service, serving as a member of the Quebec Municipal Commission from 2003 to 2006, and later as a member of the Commission for Protection of Agricultural Land in Quebec.https://www.premier-ministre.gouv.qc.ca/actualites/communiques/2010/nominations/2010-12-08/poulin_normand.asp CV

References

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