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Place of Birth: House Harbour, Quebec, Canada
About Maxime Arseneau
- Maxime Arseneau (born November 24, 1949) is a Canadian radio host and teacher and former Quebec politician.
- He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Ăles-de-la-Madeleine.
- He represents the Parti Québécois and was a former minister in the cabinets of Former Premiers Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry.
- Arseneau served as MNA from 1998 to 2008. Born in Havre-aux-Maisons, Quebec, Arseneau went at the Université de Montréal and obtained a bachelor's degree in history and later received a certificate in science education at the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1979.
- He then became a history and economics teacher for nearly 15 years.
- He was later an assistant director in the Department of Continuing Education at the CĂ©gep de la GaspĂ©sie et des Ăles for 10 years. He would also host a show at CFIM, a community radio station and would be active in politics being the president of the Parti QuĂ©bĂ©cois in the Ăles-de-la-Madeleine region twice, while he was the vice-president of the YES committee in the 1995 referendum. Arseneau was first elected as an MNA for Ăles-de-la-Madeleine in 1998 and was named the delegate minister for tourism and the minister responsible for the GaspĂ©sie-Ăles-de-la-Madeleine region.
- After Bernard Landry replaced Lucien Bouchard as Premier of Quebec, Arseneau was named in 2001 the minister of agriculture, fisheries and food.
- Arseneau was re-elected in 2003 and 2007.
- He was the PQ's critic in agriculture, fisheries and food.
- He did not seek re-election in the 2008 provincial elections.
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