Léo Piquette
Léo Piquette | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Athabasca-Lac La Biche | |
In office 1986–1989 | |
Preceded by | district created |
Succeeded by | Mike Cardinal |
Personal details | |
Born | Plamondon, Alberta | May 22, 1946
Political party | Alberta New Democratic Party |
Children | Colin Piquette, two others |
Léo Piquette (born May 22, 1946) was elected to the
Piquette is largely remembered for what would come to be known as the "Piquette Affair." On April 7, 1987, Piquette attempted to ask a question in French in the
The incident sparked two rallies at the legislature in April and December 1987, where hundreds of
After his electoral defeat in 1989, Léo Piquette stayed active in the francophone community and provincial politics. In 1994, he helped pioneer francophone education in Alberta after the Alberta government granted francophone parents the right to francophone schools. He became a school board member of the Conseil Scolaire Centre-Est in 1994 and was Chair of the Board until 2004 when he was elected as President of the Fédération des Conseils Scolaires de l'Alberta. He was also a founding member and President of the Chambre Économique de l'Alberta. He is currently the Alberta Director for RRDEE Canada, a group of businesspeople who work with the federal government to implement bilingualism policies throughout Canada.
His son Colin Piquette served as NDP MLA from 2015 to 2019.
References
- ^ "Guide Parlementaire Canadien". 1987.
- ISBN 0-9689217-3-6.
- Léo Piquette Biography
- The Piquette affair
- Fisher, Matthew (1987-04-08). "Speak English in House, Alberta MLA told". The Globe and Mail.