Jean-Pierre Charbonneau

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Jean-Pierre Charbonneau

region.

Life and career

After studying at

which earned him an award.

On May 1, 1973, Antonio Mucci, a

. One shot hit him in the arm. He was back at work two months later.

Charbonneau first entered politics in 1976 when he was elected in Vercheres and the Parti Québécois, led by René Lévesque defeated Robert Bourassa's Liberals during that election. He was a prominent figure in attracting supporters of sovereignty during the 1980 referendum which resulted in a victory for the No side.

He was re-elected in

. He was not named as a minister during his first 13 years but was the parliamentary secretary to Lévesque in 1983 and 1984 and headed several committees.

He was also briefly an administration member of

which would have accorded Quebec a distinct society mention.

Charbonneau re-entered politics in

until his second retirement on November 15, 2006.

At one time Charbonneau was the minister for reform of democratic institutions under the PQ government. He later became president of the Mouvement démocratie nouvelle, which advocates proportional representation in Quebec.^[2]

References

External links

• Biography of Jean-Pierre Charbonneau (English)
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.