Serge Ménard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Serge Ménard

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1941

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Serge Ménard

  • Naval Lieutenant (Retired) Serge Ménard (born September 27, 1941 in Montreal, Quebec) is a politician from Quebec, Canada.
  • He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1993 to 2003, and a member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011.
  • Outside politics he has been a lawyer, lecturer and professor. He joined HMCS Donnacona in 1959, within the framework of the UNTD (University Naval Training Division) and served in the Royal Canadian Navy until 1968.
  • He was commissioned as an officer in 1962, spent his summers serving in Halifax, Hamilton and Victoria and was promoted to the rank of Lt.
  • in 1964.
  • The following year, in 1965, he was appointed executive officer of the UNTD in Montreal.He was first elected as a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec in a 1993 by-election in the riding of Laval-des-Rapides.
  • He was re-elected in 1994 and 1998, but defeated in 2003. During that time he served under a number of Cabinet portfolios: Minister of Public Safety (1994–1996; 1998–2002; 2002–2003), Minister of State for the Greater Montreal & Minister Responsible for the Montreal Region (1996–1997), Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1997–1998) and Minister of Transport (2002–2003). Ménard was elected as a member of the Bloc Québécois in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2004 Canadian federal election.
  • He represented the riding of Marc-Aurèle-Fortin and was the Bloc critic to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
  • He was re-elected in 2006 and 2008, but did not run in 2011.

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