Marc Picard

Marc Picard
MNA for Chutes-de-la-Chaudière
Incumbent
Assumed office May 1, 2003
Preceded by	Denise Carrier-Perreault
Personal details
Born	April 25, 1955 (1955-04-25) (age 56) Saint-Raphaël, Quebec
Political party	ADQ → Independent
Spouse(s)	Lynda Boivin
Cabinet	Third Vice-President of the National Assembly of Quebec

Marc Picard (born on April 25, 1955 in Saint-Raphaël (Bellechasse), Quebec) is a politician in the province of Quebec, Canada. He currently represents the Chutes-de-la-Chaudière district at the National Assembly of Quebec as an independent.

Picard has a college diploma in business administration for the Cégep de Lévis-Lauzon and worked for the Quebec Ministry of Revenue for 25 years as a research officer. He also studied accounting at Université Laval. He also worked for the Canadian Mental Health Association and the Saint-Jean-Chrysostome Helping Agency

In 1999, Picard was elected to the council of the town of Saint-Jean-Chrysostome. Two years later, the provincial government merged a number of municipal governments including the one of Saint-Jean-Chrysostome to the city of Lévis. Picard served on the new city council until he won a seat to the provincial legislature for the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ).

Picard was first elected as a Member of the National Assembly in the 2003 election, with 39% of the vote. Liberal candidate Pauline Houde-Landry finished second with 33% of the vote.

In 2007, Picard was easily re-elected with 59% of the vote. Parti Québécois (PQ) candidate and former Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons, Yvan Loubier, finished second with 18% of the vote.

On May 8, 2007, Picard became Third Deputy Speaker of the House. ^[1]

In the 2008 election, Picard won re-election with 45% of the vote, even though his party's support sharply declined.

On August 22, 2009, he issued his support for Éric Caire in the leadership race of the ADQ. Following Caire's defeat, he and Caire left the ADQ, complaining of the attitude of victor Gilles Taillon.^[2]

External links

• Official website
• Biographical Notice — Site de l'Assemblée nationale du Québec

Footnotes

1. ^ Michel Bissonnet reste président de l'Assemblée, La Presse, May 8, 2007
2. ^ Lessard, Denis. "Éric Caire et Marc Picard claquent la porte à l'ADQ." La Presse. 6 November 2009.

National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by François Gendron (PQ)	Third Deputy Speaker of the House 2007–2009	Succeeded by François Gendron (PQ)
Political offices
Preceded by none	City Councillor, District no. 7 (Saint-Jean-Chrysostome), Lévis 2001–2003	Succeeded by Guy Dumoulin

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Name	Picard, Marc
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Date of birth	April 25, 1955
Place of birth	Saint-Raphaël, Quebec
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