Ghislain Maltais

Ghislain Maltais
Maltais in 2017
Canadian Senator
from Shawinegan
In office
January 6, 2012 – April 22, 2019
Nominated byStephen Harper
Appointed byDavid Johnston
Preceded byLucie Pépin (2011)
Succeeded byTony Loffreda
Member of the
National Assembly of Quebec
for Saguenay
In office
June 20, 1983 – September 12, 1994
Preceded byLucien Lessard (1982)
Succeeded byGabriel-Yvan Gagnon
Personal details
Born (1944-04-22) April 22, 1944 (age 80)
Sacré-Coeur, Quebec, Canada
Political partyConservative (federal)
Quebec Liberal (provincial)

Ghislain Maltais (born April 22, 1944) is a Canadian politician. He served in the Senate of Canada from January 6, 2012 to April 22, 2019 as a Conservative representing the Senate division of Shawinegan (Quebec).

Early life and education

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He was born in Sacré-Coeur, Quebec and studied at the Université du Québec à Rimouski.

Political career

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Maltais was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate in the 1981 Quebec election, but won a by-election on June 20, 1983. He was a member of the Quebec National Assembly representing Saguenay from 1983 until 1994, when he did not run for re-election.[1] He was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate in the 1997 federal election in Charlevoix.

Prior to being appointed to the Senate by Stephen Harper, Maltais was a political organizer for the Conservative Party of Canada.[2] He worked on contract for the Conservative Party from 2006 to 2007, and has been the director of the Conservative Party in Quebec since 2009.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Two Quebecers among new senate appointments". CJAD News. January 6, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  2. ^ "Harper appoints seven Tory faithful to Senate". CTV News. January 6, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  3. ^ Galloway, Gloria (January 6, 2012). "PM appoints seven new senators, many with Tory ties". Globe and Mail. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
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