- Gerry Sklavounos
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profession=Lawyer
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B.C.L. ,LL.B. , (bornDecember 16 ,1974 ) is aQuébec politician . He is the current Liberal Member of the National Assembly for theconstituency ofLaurier-Dorion as well as theParliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks.Biography
Born in
Montréal to parents of Greek origin, Sklavounos studied atMcGill University where he graduated with degrees in Civil and Common Law. Having articled with Justice Canada’s Criminal Prosecutions section, he went on to work as defence counsel with Montréal Legal Aid and the Silver Sandiford law firm.Sklavounos was elected during the 2007 general provincial election in the
constituency ofLaurier-Dorion , defeating the Parti Québécois incumbentElsie Lefebvre .Appointed
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks by the Premier of Québec, as well as Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on the Economy and Labour, Sklavounos is also a member of the Standing Committee on Transports and the Environment and the Standing Committee on Social Affairs.His inter-parliamentary responsibilities include the Executive Committee of the
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), the Québec section of the "Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie" and the Québec section of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.Gerry Sklavounos has previously been a member of the
Liberal Party of Canada serving as Youth Vice-President of the Federal Liberal Association of Papineau—Saint-Denis. He was also formerly a member of theAction démocratique du Québec in support of his close friend and current president of that party, Tom Pentefountas.ee also
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38th National Assembly of Quebec
*Laurier-Dorion
*Quebec Liberal Party External links
* (en) [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/Membres/notices/s/sklg1.shtml Gerry Sklavounos ] - National Assembly of Quebec
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