André Gaulin
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André Gaulin | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Taschereau | |
| In office September 12, 1994 – November 30, 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Jean Leclerc |
| Succeeded by | Agnès Maltais |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 5, 1936 |
| Party | Parti Québécois |
| Profession | Educator |
André Gaulin (born July 5, 1936) is a Quebec politician, he previously served as the member for Taschereau in the Quebec National Assembly as a member of the Parti Québécois from 1994 until 1998.
He obtained a bachelor's degree in pedagogy, a bachelor's degree in catechesis, a bachelor's degree in history and a diploma from the Ecole normale supérieure in Paris. a master's degree in letters from Université Laval and a doctorate from the Université de Sherbrooke. he was known as Brother Marie-Conrad from his religious community Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes between 1956 and 1966.
Gaulin went on to teach in elementary, high school and college, becoming a professor at Université Laval.
President of the professors' union of École normale de Laval from 1968 to 1970 and then became President of le Association québécoise des professeurs de français from 1970 to 1972, he was the founding Co-President of the Mouvement Québec français in 1970 and member of its executive committee.
Political career
Gaulin ran in the 1994 Quebec provincial election for the seat of Taschereau and won handily serving as a backbench supporter of the Jacques Parizeau and Lucien Bouchard governments. He did not run again in the 1998 Quebec provincial election.
Career after politics
Gaulin was appointed Professor emeritus at Université Laval in June 2001. Vice-President of the Association of Members of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, Québec chapter, in 2003, and then became president in 2004.
