Stéphane Bédard

Infobox QuebecMNA | name= Stephane Bedard


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cabinet= Chief Whip of the Second Opposition Party
term_start=December 15, 1998
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predecessor= Jeanne L. Blackburn
birth_date= birth date and age|1968|03|11
birth_place= Chicoutimi, Quebec
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profession= Lawyer
party= Parti Québécois
party colour= Parti Québécois
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riding=Chicoutimi (1998-present)
portfolio=Justice
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spouse= Janick Tremblay|

Stéphane Bédard (born March 11, 1968 in Chicoutimi, Quebec) is a Quebec politician and lawyer. He is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the provincial riding of Chicoutimi and represents the Parti Québécois.

After studying administration at HEC Montréal, Bedard would received a bachelor's degree in law at the Université de Montréal and was admitted in 1992 at the Bar of Quebec. He was a lawyer from 1992 to 1998. He was involved in politics during this period being the President of the Parti Québécois in Chicoutimi from 1994 to 1998 and was a Member of the Yes Committee for the 1995 referendum.

Bedard ran for MNA in Chicoutimi in 1998 and was elected. While he was not named in a Ministry position, he was the Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministers of Education and Employment and the President of the Treasury Board from 2001 to 2003.

Bédard was re-elected in 2003 but the Parti Québécois lost to the Quebec Liberal Party. He was named the Assistant Deputy Leader of the Opposition and after been re-elected for a third term in 2007, he was named the PQ's chief Whip.

Bédard is the son of politician Marc-André Bédard.

External links

* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/Membres/notices/b/beds1.shtml Biography of Stéphane Bédard] fr icon