- Gérard Asselin
Infobox CanadianMP
honorific-prefix =
name = Gérard Asselin
honorific-suffix =
MP
riding = Manicouagan
term_start = 2004
term_end =
predecessor = "new riding"
successor =
riding2 = Charlevoix
term_start2 = 1993
term_end2 = 2004
predecessor2 =Brian Mulroney
successor2 = "riding abolished"
birth_date = birth date and age|1950|04|19
birth_place = Sainte-Flavie, Quebec
death_date =
death_place =
party =Bloc Québécois
spouse = Diane Gaudreault
residence = Baie-Comeau
profession = Foreman
religion =
footnotes =Gérard Asselin (born
April 19 ,1950 , inSainte-Flavie, Quebec ) is a Canadian politician.Asselin is currently a
Bloc Québécois member of theCanadian House of Commons , representing the riding of Manicouagan since 2004 and Charlevoix from 1993 to 2003. At the end of the 37th Canadian Parliament, Asselin was the Bloc's Forestry critic. He is also a former Natural Resources Critic.Asselin is a former foreman, and was previously a city councillor in
Baie-Comeau, Quebec from 1979 to 1993.Asselin is one of the party's few more socially conservative members. In 2005, Asselin joined five other Bloc Québécois members opposing
Bill C-38 , which redefined marriage to include same-sex couples in Canada.External links
* [http://www.howdtheyvote.ca/member.php?id=12 How'd They Vote?: Gérard Asselin's voting history and quotes]
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=b56b160a-fd40-4cc1-9c45-336a167cf829&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Parliament Webpage]
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