Martin Lemay is a politician in Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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. He is the Parti Québécois

Parti Québécois

The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

 (PQ) Member of the National Assembly (MNA) for Sainte-Marie—Saint-Jacques

Sainte-Marie—Saint-Jacques

Sainte-Marie—Saint-Jacques is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The district is located in Montreal. It is bordered by the Autoroute 10, Victoria Bridge, Île Notre-Dame, Rue Frontenac, Rue Rachel and Boulevard Saint-Laurent. It...

 in the National Assembly of Quebec

National Assembly of Quebec

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Background

He studied history

History

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 and sociology

Sociology

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 at the Université du Québec à Montréal

Université du Québec à Montréal

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. He also received a post graduate certificate in public management

Public management

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 at the École nationale d'administration publique

École nationale d'administration publique

The École nationale d'administration publique , located in Quebec City, Quebec, was established in 1969 by the Quebec government, as a way of obtaining a professional public administration during a period when a number of social and structural changes were taking place within the province...

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Montreal city politics

Lemay began his political career in municipal politics being a councilor for the district of Sainte-Marie

Sainte-Marie, Quebec

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 in the Montreal region from 1994 to 1998. In 2000, he was president of the Ville-Marie

Ville-Marie

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 borough. When Pierre Bourque

Pierre Bourque (politician)

Pierre Bourque, CQ is a businessman and politician in Quebec, Canada. He founded the Vision Montreal political party and served as mayor of Montreal from 1994 to 2001.-Background:...

 tried to be elected MNA for the Action démocratique du Québec

Action démocratique du Québec

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 (ADQ), he became leader of Vision Montréal, which was then the Official Opposition party against Gérald Tremblay

Gérald Tremblay

Gérald Tremblay is a Canadian politician and businessman currently serving his third term as mayor of Montreal and as president of the Montreal Metropolitan Community...

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Member of the legislature

In April 2006, he was elected in Sainte-Marie—Saint-Jacques, the former stronghold of Claude Charron

Claude Charron

Claude Charron is a former CEGEP teacher, provincial politician, writer and broadcaster. He graduated from the Université de Montréal with a degree in political science. During 1969 and 1970 he taught at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit and the Cégep du Vieux Montréal.In 1970, Claude Charron entered...

 and André Boulerice

André Boulerice

André Boulerice is a Québécois politician and gay rights activist. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Sainte-Marie—Saint-Jacques in Montreal....

, in a by-election

By-election

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, defeating the Liberal candidate Nathalie Malépart

Nathalie Malépart

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, who was the daughter of former MNA Jean-Claude Malépart

Jean-Claude Malépart

Jean-Claude Malépart was a French Canadian politician.Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Charles-Auguste Malépart and Germaine Mérineau, Malépart was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Sainte-Marie in the 1973 election, after losing the 1970 election...

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This was the first election in which the Québec Solidaire

Québec Solidaire

Québec solidaire is a democratic socialist and sovereigntist political party in Quebec, Canada, that was created on 4 February 2006 in Montreal. It was formed by the merger of the left-wing party Union des forces progressistes and the alter-globalization political movement Option Citoyenne, led...

 party took part. Lemay had received the support of the SPQ Libre

SPQ Libre

The SPQ Libre ! or Syndicalistes et progressistes pour un Québec libre ! is a political club that until March 2010 operated within the Parti Québécois...

 of Pierre Dubuc

Pierre Dubuc

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At the time of his assembly nomination, Lemay asked Jean Charest

Jean Charest

John James "Jean" Charest, PC, MNA is a Canadian politician who has been the 29th Premier of Quebec since 2003. He was leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998 and has been leader of the Quebec Liberal Party since 1998....

 to legislate on climate change

Climate change

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, trying to benefit from the recent resignation of Thomas Mulcair

Thomas Mulcair

Thomas J. "Tom" Mulcair is a Canadian lawyer, university professor, and politician. He is the federal Member of Parliament for Outremont, Quebec, Canada, and currently holds a seat in the New Democratic Party of Canada...

. He was named spokesperson on Housing, replacing Nicole Léger

Nicole Léger

Nicole Léger is a politician and the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Pointe-aux-Trembles from 1996 to 2006 and recently elected back as member of the Parti Québécois in a by-election on May 12, 2008.-Background:She was born on March 12, 1955 in Montreal, Quebec and is...

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After his 2007 re-election

Quebec general election, 2007

The Quebec general election of 2007 was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on March 26, 2007 to elect members of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Jean Charest managed to win a plurality of seats, but were reduced to a minority government, Quebec's first in...

, he was named the PQ critic for Immigration and Cultural Communities.

Electoral record (partial)

External links

• Martin LEMAY at Assemblée nationale du Québec