Christos Sirros is a politician in the Province of Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

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. He was a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec

National Assembly of Quebec

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 (MNA) for the Laurier-Dorion

Laurier-Dorion

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 riding

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 for two decades as a member of the Liberal Party of Quebec

Parti libéral du Québec

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.

A graduate from McGill University

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, he first won the Laurier riding in 1981, defeating Parti Québécois

Parti Québécois

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 (PQ) candidate Nadia Assimopoulos. The riding of Laurier-Dorion was created for the 1994 election, in which Sirros defeated PQ candidate Benoît Henry by 6,930 votes. He was most notably the minister of Indian affairs under Robert Bourassa and minister of natural ressourses under Daniel Johnson.

Sirros left his seat in June 2004; he was then appointed Quebec Delegate General

Quebec Government Offices

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 for Belgium

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, and now resides in Brussels

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. He was the National Assembly's First Vice-President from June 2003 to June 2004.

Electoral record (incomplete)

External links

• Christos Sirros at Assemblée nationale du Québec