Serge Ménard | |
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| Member of Parliament forMarc-Aurèle-Fortin | |
| In office 28 June 2004 – 2 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | new riding |
| Succeeded by | Alain Giguère |
| MNA for Laval-des-Rapides | |
| In office 13 December 1993 – 14 April 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Guy Bélanger |
| Succeeded by | Alain Paquet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1941-09-27)27 September 1941 (age 84) |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois, Parti Québécois |
| Residence(s) | Bois-des-Filion, Québec |
| Profession | Lawyer, law professor |
Serge MénardOQ (born 27 September 1941) is a politician fromQuebec, Canada. He was a member of theNational 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 joinedHMCS 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 ofLt. in 1964. The following year, in 1965, he was appointed executive officer of the UNTD in Montreal.[1]
He was first elected as aParti Québécois member of theNational Assembly of Quebec in a 1993 by-election in the riding ofLaval-des-Rapides. He was re-elected in1994 and1998, but defeated in2003.[citation needed]
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).[citation needed]
Ménard was elected as a member of theBloc Québécois in theHouse of Commons of Canada in the2004 Canadian federal election. He represented the riding ofMarc-Aurèle-Fortin and was the Bloc critic to theMinister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. He was re-elected in2006 and2008, but did not run in2011.
Ménard was made an Officer in theNational Order of Quebec in 2020.[2]
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| Preceded by | Minister of Public Security (Québec) 1994–1996, 1998–2002, 2002–2003 | Succeeded by |
