Sylvain Gaudreault

Infobox QuebecMNA | name= Sylvain Gaudreault


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predecessor= Francoise Gauthier
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birth_place= Chicoutimi, Quebec
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profession= Teacher
party= Parti québécois
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riding=Jonquière (2007-present)
portfolio= Energy
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Sylvain Gaudreault (born July 8, 1970 in Chicoutimi, Quebec)is a Quebec politician and teacher. He is the current Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Jonquière in the city of Saguenay, Quebec. He represents the Parti Québécois.

Gaudreault went at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi and obtained a bachelor's degree in history. He also received a bachelor's degree in law at Université Laval and was admitted to the Barreau du Québec in 1996. He is also currently doing a master's degree in Regional intervention and studies. He worked since 2001 as a teacher at CEGEP de Jonquière and worked for the newspaper "Le Quotidien".

Gaudreault was elected in Jonquière in the 2007 elections when he defeated Tourism Minister Françoise Gauthier. He had faced controversy during the campaign, when radio host Louis Champagne attacked both Gaudreault and Parti Québécois leader André Boisclair for being openly gay. [http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=0dda5d6a-5ea1-4227-89d4-bcef07462500&rfp=dta]

He was named the PQ's critic in energy.

External links

* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/Membres/notices/g-i/gaus5.shtml Biography of Sylvain Gaudreault] fr icon
* [http://campagne.pq.org/?q=candidats/321 PQ webpage] fr icon