Jacques Côté, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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politician and notary in Quebec, Canada
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Place of Birth: Saguenay, Quebec, Canada
About Jacques Côté
- Jacques Côté (born April 19, 1944) was a politician and notary in Quebec, Canada.
- He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Dubuc from 1998 to 2008. Côté holds a bachelor's degree in arts and a law license from the Université Laval, a bachelor's degree in political science from the Université du Québec à Montréal and a diploma from the Canadian Securities Institute.
- He then became a notary and legal adviser. Cote was an active member of the Parti Québécois since 1970 as he was a member of the executive council, the treasurer, the legal adviser and the vice-president and president of the party for the Dubuc riding.
- He was also part of the YES committee for the 1980 Quebec referendum on sovereignty.
- He was also involved in the economic development of the La Baie region in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, and the regional board of the Caisses Desjardins. He was first elected in the 1998 provincial election.
- He was Minister for Housing from January 30, 2002 until April 29, 2003.
- He was re-elected in the 2003 and 2007 elections.
- During his second mandate, he was named the assistant whip for the PQ until his retirement in 2008.
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