Benoît Serré is a former Canadian

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 politician. He represented the riding

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 of Timiskaming—French River from 1993 to 1997, and Timiskaming—Cochrane

Timiskaming—Cochrane

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 from 1997 to 2004, in the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was a member of the Liberal Party

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. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources.

Serré was an accountant and business consultant before entering politics.

He did not stand for re-election in the 2004 election

Canadian federal election, 2004

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