Serge Deslières

Infobox QuebecMNA | name= Serge Deslieres


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term_start=September 12, 1994
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birth_date= birth date and age |1947|04|14
birth_place= Montreal, Quebec
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profession= Teacher
party= Parti Québécois
party colour= Parti Québécois
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riding=Beauharnois (2003-present), Salaberry-Soulanges (1994-2003
portfolio= Public Transit, Road Transportation
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spouse=Irene Couture|

Serge Deslières (born April 14, 1947 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Quebec politician and teacher. He is the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Beauharnois in the Montérégie region south of Montreal. He represents the Parti Québécois and is a member of the party since 1969 and MNA since 1994.

Deslières went at the Université de Montréal and obtained a bachelor's degree in remedial education in 1979. Deslières was a teacher from 1970 to 1994 and was councilor and executive member for the Commission Scolaire de Valleyfield. From 1987 to 1994, he was the mayor of the Municipality of Grande-Ile. He was also administration member of the MRC Beauharnois-Salaberry. He was also part of associations promoting economic development and employment and the region.While a member of the Parti Québécois since 1969, he was the vice-president and president of the executive council of the PQ in Beauharnois and was a member of the Sovereignty movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Deslières entered politics and was elected in Salaberry-Soulanges in 1994 and re-elected in 1998 as the Parti Québécois was in power from 1994 to 2003 under the leadership of Jacques Parizeau, Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry. He was named from 2001 to 2003, the Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of Transport. He was re-elected in 2003 and 2007 and served in his third mandate as critic for transport. In his current mandate he served as the PQ critic in leisure and sport before being named the critic for road and public transit.

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* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/Membres/notices/d/dess4.shtml Biography of Serge Deslières] fr icon