René Laurin

René Laurin
René Laurin
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Joliette
	In office; 25 October 1993 – 27 November 2000
Preceded by	Gaby Larrivée
Succeeded by	Pierre Paquette
Personal details
Born	4 February 1940; Joliette, Quebec
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Spouse(s)	Suzanne Desmarais; m. 29 August 1964
Profession	teacher
	[1]

René Laurin (born 4 February 1940 in Joliette, Quebec) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2000.

Laurin was a teacher in Joliette's public and secondary schools after receiving a certificate from Ignace-Bourget College in 1969. Previously, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree at Joliette Seminary, and a Bachelor of Science in Communication at École des Hautes Études commerciales de Montréal. Between 1969 and 1971 he was general director of the Nouvelle-Acanadie School Board in the Joliette district, after which he joined the Joliette School Board until 1993.[1]

He was elected in the Joliette electoral district under the Bloc Québécois party in the 1993 and 1997 federal elections, thus serving in the 35th and 36th Canadian Parliaments. Laurin did not seek a third term in Parliament and left Canadian politics in 2000. He then became mayor of Joliette, serving 12 years in that position until his retirement in 2013.[2]

Electoral record

1997 Canadian federal election: Joliette
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	René Laurin	22,605	46.54		$58,632
	Progressive Conservative	Anie Perrault	17,417	35.86		$27,044
	Liberal	Denise Cloutier Bergeron	7,452	15.34	–	$19,618
	Natural Law	Gilles Roy	594	1.22		$707
	New Democratic	Jacques Trudeau	502	1.03		$910
Total valid votes			48,570	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,407
Turnout			50,977	73.56
Electors on the lists			69,304
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

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References

Canadian Parliamentary Guide. The Globe and Mail. Spring 1994.
Lemire, Louis-Antoine (12 March 2013). "Le maire Laurin quittera la vie politique" [Mayor Laurin will leave political life]. Le Journal de Joliette (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2018.

External links

René Laurin – Parliament of Canada biography

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[CPG1994-1] Canadian Parliamentary Guide. The Globe and Mail. Spring 1994.

[2] Lemire, Louis-Antoine (12 March 2013). "Le maire Laurin quittera la vie politique" [Mayor Laurin will leave political life]. Le Journal de Joliette (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2018.