François Bonnardel MNA
Bonnardel in 2015
Quebec Minister ofPublic Security
In office October 20, 2022 – September 10, 2025
Preceded by	Geneviève Guilbault
Succeeded by	Ian Lafrenière
Quebec Minister ofTransport
In office October 18, 2018 – October 20, 2022
Premier	Francois Legault
Preceded by	André Fortin
Succeeded by	Geneviève Guilbault
Member of theNational Assembly of Quebec forGranby
Incumbent
Assumed office September 4, 2012
Preceded by	Riding established
Member of theNational Assembly of Quebec forShefford
In office March 26, 2007 – September 3, 2012
Preceded by	Bernard Brodeur
Succeeded by	Riding dissolved
Personal details
Born	(1967-11-08)November 8, 1967 (age 58) Verdun, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Coalition Avenir Québec (since 2012)
Other political affiliations	ADQ (2007-2012)

François BonnardelMNA (born November 8, 1967) is a Canadian politician. He is a member of theNational Assembly ofQuebec, Canada, for theriding ofGranby.^[1] He previously represented the now-defunctAction démocratique du Québec (ADQ) party, but now represents theCoalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), following the merger of the ADQ with the CAQ. On October 18, 2018, he was appointed as Minister of Transport inQuebec PremierFrancois Legault's cabinet.^[2] Following the CAQ's re-election in2022, he was appointed as Minister of Public Security.

Bonnardel was first elected in the riding ofShefford in the2007 election with 42% of the vote after a late surge vaulted the ADQ toOfficial Opposition status.LiberalincumbentBernard Brodeur finished second with 28% of the vote.

On March 29, 2007, Bonnardel was appointed Opposition House Whip.^[3][4]

Bonnardel was considered a potential candidate in the2009 ADQ leadership race, but ultimately endorsed, and became a campaign chair for,Gilles Taillon.^[5] Taillon won the leadership, but as he was not a sitting MNA, Bonnardel served as the party's leader in the National Assembly.

On January 23, 2012, he was named a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec party executive.^[6]

Due toriding redistribution, the riding of Shefford was split, and Bonnardel was elected in the new riding ofGranby in the2012 election. In the2014 election, Bonnardel won his riding with a larger majority than any other CAQ candidate (10,881 votes over the second-place candidate, Joanne Lalumière of theParti québécois). In April 2014, he was appointed CAQHouse Leader.^[7][8]

Bonnardel was born inVerdun, Quebec. Bonnardel's father was born inMarseille,France. His mother is fromLac-Saint-Jean, Quebec.^[9]

After studies at theCollège militaire royal de Saint-Jean and theCégep du Vieux Montréal in sciences, Bonnardel was a clerk for personal and business finances and was also a manager and owner of local auto part companies inGranby.^[1] He was also a member of the Brome-Missisquoi and Haute-Yamaska Chamber of Commerces in theEastern Townships region and an organization committee member for theCanadian Red Cross (Quebec Division).^[1]

On April 23, 2009, Bonnardel andNathalie Normandeau, theDeputy Premier of Quebec and a member of theLiberal government, announced that they were dating.^[10] The unusual relationship, between agovernment minister and one of the government'sopposition critics, ended in 2010.^[11]

• "Biography".Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French).National Assembly of Quebec.

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