- Stéphan Tremblay
Stéphan Tremblay (born
November 4 ,1973 in Alma,Quebec ) was apolitician who was a member of theCanadian House of Commons fromQuebec from 1996 to 2002.Background
He was born in
Alma, Quebec ,Member of Parliament
He won a
by-election in 1996 and succeededLucien Bouchard as Member of Parliament for theLac-Saint-Jean electoral district . Tremblay was affiliated with theBloc Québécois . He was re-elected in the 1997 and 2000 elections.Provincial Politics
In 2002, he left federal politics and won a provincial by-election on June 17, 2002 as a
Parti Québécois candidate. He represented the riding of Lac Saint-Jean in theSaguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region. Tremblay was re-elected to the MNA in the 2003 election. He served as the opposition critic for environment until his resignation in 2006.In 1998, he removed his green upholstered chair from the Canadian House of Commons and returned with it to his Quebec riding in protest of the gaps between the rich and the poor. [cite news|title=Chair-nabbing MP urges others to take stand|date=April 22, 1998|work=
The Globe and Mail |author=Canadian Press ] He returned the chair a week later.In August 2004, Tremblay was injured when the small plane he was flying crashed near Alma, Quebec after hitting Hydro-Québec's high-voltage power lines. [http://lcn.canoe.com/infos/national/archives/2004/08/20040818-204445.html] .
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* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/Membres/notices/t-u/tres5.shtml Stéphan TREMBLAY] atAssemblée nationale du Québec fr icons-ttl|title=
Member of Parliament forLac-Saint-Jean
years=1997 –2000 s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament forLac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay
years=2000 –2002 s-ttl|title=MNA for Lac-Saint-Jean
years=2002 –2007
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