Benoît Tremblay

Benoît Tremblay was a Canadian politician and a member of the House of Commons from 1988 to 1997.

Background

Tremblay was born on 16 March, 1948 in Val-Brillant, Quebec. He had a career in Economics and Administration.

Municipal Politics

He successfully ran as a candidate of Jean Doré's Rassemblement des citoyens et citoyennes de Montréal (RCM) for the district of Sault-au-Récollet in November 1986.

Tremblay resigned from the City Council on December 12, 1988, after he won a seat to the Canadian House of Commons.

Federal Politics

He had been elected as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the district of Rosemont.

Following the 1990 implosion of the Meech Lake Accord, he left the Progressive Conservative party on 26 June, 1990. He sat in Parliament as an Independent member and eventually became one of the first members to join the Bloc Québécois party. He was re-elected in the 1993 under his new party banner.

After serving in the 34th and 35th Canadian Parliaments, Tremblay left Canadian politics as he did not seek a third term in the House of Commons.

Academic Life

He is currently a Professor at HEC Montréal where he is also the Director of the "Desjardins Centre for Studies in Management of Financial Services Cooperatives".

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=279&s=M Parliament of Canada: Benoît Tremblay]
*Website of the [http://web.hec.ca:8088/centredesjardins Desjardins Centre for Studies in Management of Financial Services Cooperatives]
*Benoît Tremblay's [http://www.hec.ca/en/profs/benoit.tremblay.html Webpage @ HEC Montréal] succession box
before=Fernand Joubert (Parti Civique)
years=1986-1988
after=Serge Sauvageau (Parti Civique)
title=City Councillor, District of Sault-au-Récollet (#18)s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Rosemont
years=1988–1997