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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Jean-François Larose
- Jean-François Larose (born April 15, 1972) is a Canadian former politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.
- He represented the electoral district of Repentigny, initially as a member of the NDP, then as a member of Strength in Democracy. Prior to being elected, Larose was a peace officer and a security guard.
- Larose has certificates from Université de Montréal in the areas of crisis management, violence and society, and police and security management.
- Larose ran in the 2009 Montreal municipal election, seeking the position of mayor of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal borough for the Parti Montréal Ville-Marie; he garnered 2.08% of the vote. In the 2011-12 NDP leadership race, Larose supported Niki Ashton, serving as her campaign chair.Larose campaigned as a member of the NDP in the 2011 election, handily winning the riding of Repentigny.
- On October 21, 2014, Larose and Jean-François Fortin, the independent (formerly Bloc Québécois) MP for Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, announced that they were forming Strength in Democracy, a new Quebec-focused political party dedicated to representing the province's regions.In the 2015 election, Larose contested in La Pointe-de-l'Île and lost to Mario Beaulieu.
- He came in seventh, receiving 135 votes and winning only 0.24% of the vote.
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