Bernard Brodeur

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Bernard Brodeur (born 1956 in Granby, Quebec) is a Canadian former member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Shefford.

Brodeur is a notary. He holds a bachelor's degree in Law and Notarial Law from the Université Laval.[citation needed] He is also the owner of a Limousin cattle breeding operation since 1985.[citation needed] He was chair of the Import-Export Committee of the Canadian Limousin Association from 1986 to 1987 and President of the Québec Limousin Breeders Association from 1989 to 1991.[citation needed]

Elected as Member for Shefford in the by-election held on February 28, 1994, Brodeur was reelected in the 1994, 1998 and 2003 general elections. He was the Official Opposition Critic for Transport. In 2004, Quebec Premier Jean Charest made him Chair of the Committee on Culture.

Brodeur was defeated in his re-election bid in the 2007 general election by ADQ candidate François Bonnardel. Bonnardel received 16,648 votes versus Brodeur's 10,897 votes.

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

Electoral record

More information Party, Candidate ...
1998 Quebec general election: Shefford
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBernard Brodeur15,50337.28
Parti QuébécoisRené Marois15,43037.10
Action démocratiqueSerge Nadeau10,22024.57
Marxist–LeninistJean-Paul Bédard1730.42
Natural LawJean Paul Lapointe1710.41
IndependentJosé Breton900.22
Total valid votes 41,587 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 659
Turnout 42,246 80.62
Electors on the lists 52,403
Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec
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