Biography of Minister

Bertrand St-Arnaud Member for Chambly Minister of Justice of Québec Attorney General of Quebec Minister responsible for the administration of legislation respecting the professions Minister responsible for the fight against homophobia Deputy Government House Leader Chair of the Comité de législation

Born in Montréal on September 13, 1958

Education

• Diploma of College Studies, Collège André-Grasset (1977)
• Law degree, Université de Montréal (1980)
• Barreau du Québec (1983)
• Master's degree in political science, Université Laval (1985)

Professional experience

• Legal research officer, Library of the National Assembly of Québec (1983)
• Legal and procedural adviser, National Assembly of Québec (1983-1984)
• Constitutional law adviser, Secrétariat aux affaires intergouvernementales canadiennes, Gouvernement du Québec (1985)
• Political aide, Office of the Premier (1985)
  Personal secretary to the Leader of the Official Opposition at the National Assembly of Québec and liaison officer (1986-1987)
• Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal (1987)
• Lawyer in private practice, successively with the law firms St-Arnaud Mondor; St-Arnaud Cloutier Rougeau and Poupart Marquis (1987-2000)
• Chief of staff, office of the Minister of State for International Relations, Gouvernement du Québec (2000-2003)
• Principal mission leader and project manager, Délégation aux droits de l'Homme et à la démocratie, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (2004)
• Lawyer, law firm of Mondor, Rougeau, Lambert et Leborgne (2005-2008)
• Member for Chambly, National Assembly of Québec (2008-.)
• Deputy Opposition House Leader, National Assembly of Québec (2010-2012)

Community and Political Involvement

• Secretary general, Université de Montréal law students association (1978-1979)
• Member of the city planning commission, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville (1979)
• Recipient, Fondation Jean-Charles-Bonenfant bursary, and parliamentary intern at the National Assembly of Québec (1980-1981)
• Member of the special committee on the protection of witnesses appearing before parliamentary committees created by the Committee on the National Assembly (1983)
• Member of the goodwill mission in Haiti, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (2004)
• Participant, European Union seminar on electoral observation missions, Belgium (2004)
• Participant, African Union seminar on the future of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), South Africa (2004)
• Expert participant, electoral observation mission of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie on the occasion of legislative elections in Albania and the presidential election in the Central African Republic (2005)
• Recipient of the Robert-Sacchitelle Prize awarded annually by the Defence Attorneys Association of Montréal (2007)
  
  
  
  

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