Claude L’Écuyer

Infobox QuebecMNA | name= Claude L'Écuyer


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term_start=April 25, 2007
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predecessor= Léandre Dion
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birth_place= Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
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party= Action démocratique du Québec
party colour= ADQ
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riding=Saint-Hyacinthe (2007-present)
portfolio= Justice
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spouse= Michelle St-Roch|

Claude L’Écuyer, (born January 26, 1947 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec) is a politician from Quebec, Canada, and the Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Saint-Hyacinthe.

L'Ecuyer holds a degree in law from the Université de Montréal and is a member of the Barreau du Québec and the Canadian Bar since 1973. He practiced law for nearly 35 years before jumping to provincial politics. He also a secretary of the Administration Committee of the Honore-Mercier Hospital in Saint-Hyacinthe and a member of the economic and industrial development in that region.

He was first elected in the 2007 election with 36% of the vote. Parti Québécois (PQ) incumbent Léandre Dion, who was running for a fourth consecutive term, finished second with 32% of the vote. [ [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070327/CPACTUALITES02/703270746/6461/CPACTUALITES02 Les nouveaux visages de l'ADQ, La Presse, March 27, 2007] ] L’Écuyer took office on April 12, 2007. [ [http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2007/04/12/005-AssermentationADQ.shtml Au tour de l'ADQ, Radio-Canada, April 12, 2007] ]

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* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/Membres/notices/j-l/lecc7.shtml Claude L'ÉCUYER] at National Assembly of Quebec