Bernard Drainville

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term_start=April 25, 2007
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predecessor= Cécile Vermette
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birth_place= Île Dupras, Quebec
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profession= Journalist, Television Host
party= Parti Québécois
party colour= Parti Québécois
residence=Quebec City
riding=Marie-Victorin (2007-present)
portfolio= Health and Castonguay Commission (2008) affairs
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Bernard Drainville (born June 6, 1963 in Île Dupras, Quebec) is a Quebec politician, television host and journalist. He is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Marie-Victorin in Longueuil and represents the Parti Québécois.

Drainville went to the University of Ottawa and obtained a bachelor's degree in political sciences and a master's degree in international relations at the London School of Economics.

Drainville joined Radio-Canada as a journalist in 1989 where he worked at the Windsor affiliate and then became a correspondent for Latin America in 2001 where he was arrested once in Mexico and detained by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Prior to 2007, he was a television host at the network's news channel RDI and the correspondent at the National Assembly. He was also a correspondent for the Canadian House of Commons from 1998 to 2001. He also hosted the City of Montreal mayoral debate between Gerald Tremblay and Pierre Bourque during the 2005 municipal election campaign.

Drainville jumped into provincial politics and was elected in the 2007 elections in Marie-Victorin and was named the PQ's critic in health. Prior to his candidacy nomination he interviewed the PQ leader Andre Boisclair which drew criticism.

External links

* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/Membres/notices/d/drab1.shtml Biography of Bernard Drainville] fr icon
* [http://campagne.pq.org/?q=candidats/562 PQ webpage] fr icon