Michel Morin

Michel Morin

Michel Morin was a politician in Quebec, Canada and a three-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.[1]

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Background

He was born on March 27, 1948 in Saint-Célestin, Centre-du-Québec and made career in education. Before he ran for office, he was a political activist with the Progressive Conservative Party, the Bloc Québécois and the Parti Québécois. He was the protégé of politician Louis Plamondon.

Political career

Morin successfully ran as the Parti Québécois candidate to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 1994 election in the district of Nicolet-Yamaska. He was re-elected in the 1989 and 1994 elections.

In 1999, Morin was appointed parliamentary assistant, a position he held until 2001. He also served as his party's House Whip from 2001 to 2007.

Morin did not run for re-election in the 2007 election.

Electoral record

2003 Quebec provincial election : Nicolet-Yamaska edit
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Parti Québécois Michel Morin 10,783 41.21
     Liberal Jean Rousseau 8,927 34.12
     Action démocratique Lise Blanchette 5,899 22.54
     Bloc Pot Blak D. Blackburn 417 1.59
     Independent Simonne Lizotte 141 0.54
Total valid votes 26,167 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 401
Turnout 26,568 77.82
Electors on the lists 34,140
1998 Quebec provincial election : Nicolet-Yamaska edit
Party Candidate Votes % +/-
     Parti Québécois (x)Michel Morin 14,166 50.23
     Liberal Daniel McMahon 10,369 36.77
     Action démocratique Frédéric Lajoie 3,509 12.44
     Socialist Democracy Robert Poirier 157 0.56
Total valid votes 28,201 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 372
Turnout 28,573 84.59
Electors on the lists 33,777

Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec

Footnotes

  1. ^ Biography of Michel Morin, Assemblée nationale du Québec
National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by
Maurice Richard (Liberal)		 MNA for Nicolet-Yamaska
1994–2007		 Succeeded by
Éric Dorion (ADQ)


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